How to evaluate the impact of Patriarchy?

The patriarchal system was a very complex system, the main spirit of which was the "first-born system of inheritance", which was a kind of "inheritance law (including ruling power, wealth, and fiefdom) based on patrilineal blood relationship." The patriarchal system of the Western Zhou led directly to the feudal system, which divided the country into large and small vassal states, which in turn gave rise to a large number of cognacs for the ministers and dukes. The cognacs were further divided into numerous large and small Rutian fields. Since the names of vassal states, cognates (eups, guangs), and lutian (xiangs, tings) were directly transformed into "clans" (以国为氏, 以邑为氏, 以关为氏, 以乡为氏, 以亭为氏), the number of Chinese surnames blossomed and increased dramatically. --This is the fundamental influence that the patriarchal system has had on Chinese family names.

"Patriarchal law" is a kind of clan law, also known as clan rules, which regulates the internal relations of the family by blood relations and maintains the dominance and hereditary privileges of the head of the family and the patriarch. These were used to maintain social order and consolidate their rule . Later generations have had a great impact.