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Conceptions of the Family in the Sung Dynasty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Patricia Ebrey
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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.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , February 1984 , pp. 219 - 245
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Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1984

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