Inner kins (Chinese)
Inner kins is the kinship clan in Chinese patriarchy. This term usually referred to the paternal family. Since the Zhou Dynasty, traditional Chinese society has been structured around networks of male kins who controlled rituals and the traditions of warfare, while maternal cousins had no right to intervene.
Besides women who were married into the clan, inner kins share the same surname. They are not allowed to marry each other.
Members
- Father and mother ― the mother is "transplanted" to father by her family of origin.
- Paternal grandfather and paternal grandmother.
- Paternal uncles and aunts.
- Paternal cousins.
- Sons, their wives .