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  2. Guanxi - Wikipedia

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    An individual may view and interact with other individuals in a way that is similar to their viewing of and interactions with family members; through guanxi, a relationship between two friends can be likened by each friend to being a pseudo elder sibling–younger sibling relationship, with each friend acting accordingly based on that ...

  3. Chinese kinship - Wikipedia

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    Family members expect to be addressed by the correct term that indicated their relationship to the person communicating with them. [6] Whenever wills clashed, it was expected, and even legally enforced, [4] that the will of the superior family member would prevail over the will of a junior family member. [3] In the Chinese kinship system:

  4. Chinese social relations - Wikipedia

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    An important concept within Chinese social relations is the concept of face, as in many other Asian cultures. A Buddhist -related concept is yuanfen (缘分/緣分). As articulated in the sociological works of leading Chinese academic Fei Xiaotong , the Chinese—in contrast to other societies—tend to see social relations in terms of networks ...

  5. Filial piety - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between parents and children is the most fundamental of the five cardinal relationships (Chinese: 五倫; pinyin: wǔlún) described by Confucius in his role ethics. [20] Filial piety, together with fraternal love, underlies this system. [21]

  6. Yuanfen - Wikipedia

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    The concept of "serendipity" is a good English approximation of yuanfen in general situations not involving any elements of a romantic relationship. The French writer Émile Deschamps claims in his memoirs that in 1805, he was treated to some plum pudding by a stranger named Monsieur de Fontgibu.

  7. Marriage in modern China - Wikipedia

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    Attitudes about marriage have been influenced by Western countries, with more couples nowadays opting for western style weddings. Marriage in China has undergone change during the country's economic reform period, especially as a result of new legal policies such as the New Marriage Law of 1950 and the family planning policy in place from 1979 to 2015.

  8. Confucian view of marriage - Wikipedia

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    The Confucian classic Book of Rites described marriage as "the union of two surnames, in friendship and in love". [2] In the perspective of family, marriage can bring families of different surnames (different clans) together, and continue the family life of the concerned clans. Therefore, only the benefits and demerits of the clans, instead of ...

  9. Classic of Filial Piety - Wikipedia

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    The Classic of Filial Piety, also known by its Chinese name as the Xiaojing, is a Confucian classic treatise giving advice on filial piety: that is, how to behave towards a senior such as a father, an elder brother, or a ruler.