Conceptions of the Family in the Sung Dynasty

1984 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Ebrey
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Sung Dynasty ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Practices

The values and premises underlying the Chinese family system can be seen as an amalgam of several partially contradictory strains of thought, each with its own history and vocabulary. While ideas tied to the classical tsung model remained at the level of high ideals, seldom even emulated, notions related to the family (chid) and the continuity of the patriline were highly pervasive and would seem to account for much of the uniformity in Chinese family practices. In this article the ways these strains of thought reinforced or countered each other is examined through an analysis of texts written in the Sung (960–1279) period, a time of social and intellectual ferment when it was common to write on family matters with considerable candor.

scholarly journals A COURTYARD HOUSE – SIHEYUAN 四合院 AS THE DWELLING PLACE OF THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE FAMILY

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-217
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Wesołowski SVD
Keyword(s):  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Family System ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Short Contribution ◽  
The Family ◽  
South Axis ◽  
Courtyard House

A Chinese courtyard house, called in Chinese siheyuan, equipped with a single entrance and with one or more open courtyards encompassed by one-storey buildings, represents traditional house dwelling in China. Throughout Chinese history, courtyard dwelling was the basic architectural pattern used for building governmental (palaces and offices) and family residences, and religious compounds (temples and monasteries). In this short contribution, the author depicts a standard traditional Beijing court house from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) which would normally host an extended family of three and four generations. The physical construction and spatial structure of the traditional Chinese courtyard house were deeply rooted in ancient Chinese philosophical thought. The Chinese used fengshui (wind and water) principles to harmonize themselves with their environment in order to secure prosperity, longevity, and family blessings. From the viewpoint of fengshui, a basic courtyard house compound was not only a dwelling place, but also a structured and complicated vision of the cosmos that should function as an ideal container of qi (life energy). The fundamental north-south axis which rhythmically and continuously guarantee the vital flow of qi and the square shape of a courtyard house which means near to the earth, should promise health, prosperity, and the growth of the family. The fengshui system (nowadays mostly associated with Daoism) in the context of a Chinese courtyard house was intimately combined with China’s strict social and family system (Confucianism). The structure of the Chinese traditional family – and the author calls it “Confucian familism” – i.e., the Confucian conviction of family as a model for the whole state. This rigid and hierarchically structured family system, which had been the basis of Chinese society in imperial China for over two thousand years, has been reflected in courtyard house compounds. At the end of this contribution, the author mentions the efforts of present-day architects to find a way to revive traditional courtyard housing for modern times.

Reviews: German Sociology, Essays on the Sociology of Culture, on the Diversity of Morals, Reason and Unreason in Society, Social Problems at Midcentury, the Proper Study of Mankind, Family and Neighbourhood, the Large Family System, Family, Socialization and Interaction Process, the Family as Process and Institution, Family Cases in Court, the English Penal System, the Delinquent Child and the Community, American Families, Family and Kinship in East London, Understanding Minority Groups, When Prophecy Fails, the Study of Groups, the Torment of Secrecy, the Nature of Conflict, the Unconscious Motives of War, the Pursuit of the Millennium, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, the School Teachers, Eleven-Plus and All That, Irish Folk Ways, Rural Depopulation in England and Wales, Parliament in India, Studies in Rebellion, Social Policies for Old Age, Psychology in the Soviet Union, Instinct in Man, John Stuart Mill the Man, Chinese Family and Marriage in Singapore, Neurotic Interaction in Marriage

1957 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-314
Author(s):  
C. A. Mace ◽  
John Eros ◽  
Joseph K. Folsom ◽  
John Barron Mays ◽  
Robert M. Frumkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Family System ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Sociology Of Culture ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family And Marriage ◽  
German Sociology

Transgenerational Intent of Taiwanese Business Families in Brisbane, Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-398
Author(s):  
Stone Han (韩逸平) ◽  
Artemis Ching-Fang Chang (张静芳) ◽  
Hsi-Mei Chung (钟喜梅)
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Practices ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study investigates the impact of immigrant context on continuity and success in Chinese family business. We conceptualize the immigrant context as exposure to country differences in family logic, arguing that the immigrant context influences transgenerational intent by affecting family practices and relations. Based on a multiple-case study of Taiwanese business families in Brisbane, Australia, we show that variations in three family practices – parental control, children’s filial piety, and parental role in children’s career development – play an important role in this matter. To explain why, we theorize that the extent to which Taiwanese immigrant business families continue with or depart from traditional Chinese family logic in terms of these three practices enables particular meaning of intrafamily succession to prevail in the family, which ultimately affects their transgenerational intent.

A System for Modifying the Family System

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 522-523
Author(s):  
Michael J. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
The Family

The Turkish Adaptation of the Triangular Relationship Inventory: The Validity and Reliability Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072110230
Author(s):  
Çiğdem Yavuz Güler
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Family System ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Tension Stress ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Triangular Relationship

Objective: According to the family systems theory, triangulation is defined as reflecting and conveying the tension between two individuals to a third individual to reduce the existing tension, stress, and anxiety. This study was conducted to adapt the “Triangular Relationship Inventory” to Turkish and to assess psychometric properties. Method: The sample of the study included 337 individuals (234 women and 103 men) aged between 18 and 25 years. The structure validity of the inventory was evaluated with the confirmatory factor analysis and reliability was evaluated with Chronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient, test–retest method, and item analyses. Results: The result showed that the Turkish form of the Triangular Relationship Inventory showed similar psychometric properties to the original inventory. The structure which consists of the balanced, mediator, cross-generational coalition, and scapegoat subdimensions of 24 items displayed acceptable goodness-of-fit values in the Turkish sample with the 0.91 Cronbach's alpha coefficient while the reliability values of the subdimensions changed between 0.86 and 0.91. Considering the convergent validity of the inventory, there was a negative correlation between the triangular relationship and satisfaction with life and the differentiation of self, and a significant positive correlation with depression, anxiety, and stress. Conclusion: The psychometric properties revealed in this study show that the Turkish form of the Triangular Relationship Inventory is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to measure the triangulation levels and roles of the individuals, who are in the Turkish sample and between the ages of 18 and 25 years, within the family system.

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