How to understand the Chinese family culture?

Before the liberation and even before the reform and opening up, the concept of the Chinese family, has been particularly important, first of all, to understand the general development of the Chinese family history. Since the King of Zhou divided to the Qin Empire (summer and commerce before the unknown), the family began to present the world's eyes, the family as the first family Ji began to open up territory, all the way down to the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period of the main vassals is the family of Ji control of the Central Plains, which is the highest level. Then below the vassal is the marquis to the scholar class, these aristocrats control the whole country's politics, economy, culture, propaganda, education, military and so on. Before the imperial examinations, the government was a system of selection, and each family was recommended to the top. Gradually the formation of the gate system, the great families control everything in the country, only a very small number of children from humble families to enter the upper class, over time, the humble family has also become a great family. Later to the Sui and Tang dynasties, in order to combat the influence of the great families on the country, began the imperial examinations to weaken the political influence of the great families, until the Republic of the four great families, and then later to the liberation of the political reshuffle, the economic implementation of the socialist system of public ownership, the great families in the loss of the economic base, naturally, in the political loss of position.