Clan relationship and blood relationship

People of the same clan or clan in ancient times were not only related by blood, but also a fighting unit or armed group. The clan figures of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen are subordinate to their flags, so they gather people, and the arrows represent weapons. Therefore, the original meaning of clan characters refers to clan, clan and family. When used as a verb, it means cohesion and concentration.

Surname: refers to relatives of the same family. Also refers to a big family, a big family.

Tribal party: a close relative of the same clan, and also refers to a village where people live together.

The slave country in summer was built on the ruins of the primitive commune system. In the process of the disintegration of the primitive commune system, the patriarchal family became a confrontational force. Hereditary kingship and hereditary nobility in slave countries developed gradually on the basis of patriarchal clan system.

Because the slave state organization is constantly developed on the basis of patriarchal clan system, after the formation of the state, aristocratic organizations at all levels still have to maintain the old blood relationship and strictly distinguish surnames. The royal family enfeoffed princes, in addition to maintaining their surnames, but also established new surnames with the feudal countries, and doctors took the city as their surnames. Among the nobles at all levels, according to the different surnames, their respective clan relations were established.

Although this clan relationship follows the legacy of the old clan organization, it is actually based on the patriarchal clan system, and the hierarchical status of nobles at all levels is determined according to their class rank and family affiliation.

That is to say, under the system of clan relationship, many nobles are not related to the emperor, but tribal nobles in the transitional period of primitive society.