Ming Era Chinese Family

In Family instructions for the Mui Lineage, their way of living was strict compared to modern American families. Ming-era Chinese males often organized themselves into groups of common ancestry, these groups shared land, built ancestral halls, honored their ancestors, and ensures the success and well being of future generations; in order to accomplish these, the lineage groups frequently complied lists of family rules. These rules are laid out for the descendants of a Chinese family to follow. They set guidelines for education and work, as well as how to keep the family safe. It also advises the family to follow how to act towards each other and outsiders to the family. Being a women in a Miu Lineage my roles would be to take full charge of …show more content…
They also had great knowledge of their lineage and passed the knowledge from generation to generation. This is something modern American families don't follow as closely. Some weaknesses of Ming-era Chinese family organizations were that they were kept completely isolated from any foreign influences. This could be hard to grow economically and gain important relationships with other growing countries. On the other hand, I think this type of organization would be more conductive to peaceful relations among family members. I think this because they explain the importance respecting everyone and following the families instructions. In the article it states, “Their position in a family is one of unique authority, and they should utilize their authority to dictate matters to maintain order, and inspire respect, so that the members of the family will all be obedient.” I think this is an important way to stay civil with one another because respect among family members is heavily expected. I also like the idea of their family meetings, because they are designed to improve their way of living. I think their way of living was strict but remained peaceful because members of the family knew their job and knew not to disrespect one