Chinese Characters And Evolution As Marriage System

The family is a social unit, marriage is composed of a family foundation. Marraige is the indispensable link for the prosperity and development of society and the family to prosperity,Therefore the study of marrage have always been the concern of our topics. Chinese characters are written in Chinese symbols, in addition to pass information, which itself contains an extremely rich culture information. Marriage in ancient Chinese culture is colorful,different stages presents different characteristics. This article is to see the traces of ancient Chinese marriage and family development from the words from Chinese characters relating to marriage.This thesis will discuss form the following five parts:Firstly,the part of prologueSecondly, system of matriarchal society marriage embodied in Chinese charactersThirdly, matrilineal to patrilineal clans system of marriage during the transitional periodFourth, embodied in the character of patriarchal society, the institution of marriageFifth,summary part...