Any topic (writer’s choice)

Dentify terms.
Explain clearly
1) who or what precisely is being referred to;
2) what the historical influence/result/importance was for the family, marriage, and women and gender relations in Chinese history. Provide time-frame (for example, 1st century BCE, 6th century) when appropriate. One (or two) concise and organized paragraph should be enough for each identification.

Five relations:
Extended family:
Lineage:
Partible inheritance:
Mandatory nephew succession:
Capping and hairpinning:
Little daughter-in-law marriage:
Delayed transfer marriage:
Yuan Jingrong:
Chen Ershi:

example: Mother of Mencius (Meng Ke): The mother of Mencisu, when Meng ke was allite, her mother moved three times in order to maintain a good study environment for her son. Her daughter complained to her that. A problem with meng ke and mother of Meng criticised her son. Last, Meng want to travel, but worried about his mother, than his mother said not to worried and women should stayed at home.