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There is a complex system in China, one characterized by kinship and clan. In the Chinese kinship system, maternal and paternal lineages are distinguished. For example, a mother’s brother and father’s brother are called by different terms. A Chinese clan is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of linked Chinese individuals. A married woman is part of her husband’s clan. When China went into isolation from the world after 1433 CE, vast social changes occurred. For example, many of the Chinese people, except for a few narrow and elite groups, fell into poverty. In order to survive, they maintained and still maintain healthy relations among family members, more powerful ones than with the state, which was seen as the oppressor. For the Chinese, a healthy family is the setting for the best art of living, enabling individuals to survive harsh conditions of life and sustain a modus operandi for future.