Status within the family was codified in the famous five relationships between ruler and subject, father and son, elder brother and younger brother, husband and wife, friend and friend.

• 人们在家庭中的地位在著名的五常之中有着明文的规定（五常是君臣、父子、兄弟、夫妇与朋友之间的关系）。亲属关系有明确的名份，附有强制性的义务和权利。