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98:, and the number of shrines built inside depended on the hierarchical status of the patriarch. In addition to rituals, the temples were also used for major ceremonies and decisions, and had the character of a ceremonial hall. This respect for the ancestors strengthened the unity within the clan and stabilized the social structure. Complementing the clan temple system was the clan tomb system, in which nobles and state officials were buried en masse in public cemeteries during the Western Zhou and 161:; sometimes at marriage for women. For men, there are three characters in the full courtesy name of the individual aristocrat. The first character indicates the birth order that generation from eldest to youngest: 伯、仲、叔、季, occasionally 孟. The second character is arbitrary, and may echo names from previous generations or be consistent across all sons of the same father. The last character is a word for "father". This is similar to 364:[Ancient people were always saying "eldest, second-eldest, younger, youngest", but how many of their marvels do you know? Ancient ones say: remember, you can't apply these haphazardly!]. 106:, all clansmen should be buried in the clan tomb, except for the murderous dead. The patriarch sometimes had to go to the clan tomb to report the ancestors when there was an urgent matter. 62:
dynasty. This method of social organisation underlay and prefigured the political workings of the Zhou state. The patriarchal system was based on
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This article is about the political hierarchy system in the Western Zhou. For the general concept of male-dominated societies, see
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political hierarchy and stabilizing social order. Together with the
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it is seen as having been the foundation of Zhou society.
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when they were adults. The courtesy name is taken at the
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based on geographic locale. The nobles were granted a
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Index

Patriarchy
Chinese
pinyin
Western Zhou
Eastern Zhou
blood
firstborn succession
Western Zhou
ritual and music system
ancestral temples
Spirit tablet
ancestor
Spring and Autumn period
three books of rites
xíngshì
xing
shi
given name
courtesy name
Capping Ceremony
Maturity Ceremony
cadency
nobles of the Zhou dynasty
same-surname marriage
Veneration of the dead
Fengjian
Ritual and music system
Cadency
Ancestor veneration in China
Zhongguo Jianyu Shi 中国监狱史

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