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The Chinese kinship system () is classified as a "Sudanese" or "descriptive" system for the definition of family. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work ''Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family'', the Sudanese system is one of the six major kinship systems together with Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, and Omaha. The Sudanese/Chinese kinship system is the most complicated of all kinship systems. It maintains a separate designation for almost every one of Ego's kin based on their generation, their lineage, their relative age, and their gender. In the Chinese kinship system: * Maternal and paternal lineages are distinguished. For example, a mother's brother and a father's brother have different terms. * The relative age of a sibling relation is considered. For example, a father's younger brother has a different terminology than his older brother. * The gender of the relative is distinguished, as in English. * The generation from ego is indicated, like in English. Chinese kinship is agnatic, emphasising patrilineality. == Kinship and Chinese societies == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinese kinship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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