Chinese Terms Referring to the Family and Kinship

Wang Yun

Published: 2018-06-29

Vol. 38 (2017)

Chinese Terms Referring to the Family and Kinship

Wang Yun

Abstract

The article is concerned with Chinese terms describing the family and kinship through different periods of Chinese history. On the basis of Chinese classical literature, works of the most famous Chinese anthropologist – Fei Xiaotong during the first half of the XX century and contemporary anthropological studies, it makes summary of most important from them and describe the family and kinship structures to which they refer.

Keywords:

Chinese terms, the family, kinship, 家jiā, 宗族zōngzú, 家族jiāzú, 家庭jiātíng, 大家庭dàjiātíng

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Yun, W. (2018). Chinese Terms Referring to the Family and Kinship. Ethnologia Polona, 38, 205–220. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/ethp/article/view/59

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Wang Yun

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8740-2499

Affiliation:

SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Department of Asian Studies), Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

M.A. in chinese philology at the Shandong University; lecturer in SWPS.