Generational transformation of Chinese families: A survey of the Republic period |
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Authors: | Quanhong Zheng |
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Institution: | (1) College of Law Science, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, 300134, China |
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Abstract: | Family division is the way of reproduction of Chinese families and the starting point of building new families. Reasons of
family division in the Republic of China include bad terms among sisters-in-law, among brothers, between father and sons,
between mother-in-law and daughters-in-law, or working outside. There are three patterns of family division: one-time thorough
division, serial division, and special types of division. The circumstances of family division include: inheritance while
parents are alive or after their death; equal inheritance among brothers hosted by their uncle (mother’s brother), inheritance
rights attributed to the eldest son or grandson, and special principles of property distribution. The rite of family division
is quite solemn; documents of family division definitely need to be made with specific regulations. There are three ways of
supporting for the eldly, among which leaving some land to parents is popularly adopted in rural China during the Republic
period.
Translated into English by Luo Hui |
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Keywords: | the Republic of China family division family property property inheritance inheritance right support for the eldly |
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