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SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY. 



Table op Consanguinity and Affinity of the Chinese, in the Mandarin DiAh-ECT.—Conlinued. 



Description of persons. 



97. 

 98. 



99. 



100, 



101, 



My father's bro.'s daugb.'s daughter 

 " father's brother's gt. grandson. . 

 " father's bro.'s gt. granddaughter 

 " father's bro.'s gt. gt. grandson. . 



" father's bro.'s great great grand- 

 daughter. 



" father's elder sister 



" father's younger sister 



" father's sister's husband 



" father's sister's son (males and 

 females use same terms). 



" father's sister's son's wife 



" father's sister's daughter 



" f.ither's sister's daughter's hus- 

 band. 



" father's sister's son's son 



" father's sister's son's daughter. . 



" father's sister's daughter's sou . 



" father's sister's daugh.'s daugh- 

 ter. 

 " fatlier's sister's great grandson . . 

 " father's sist.'s gt. granddaughter 



" father's sister's gt. gt. grandson. 



" father's sister's great gt. grand- 

 daughter. 

 " mother's brother 



102. 

 103. 



104. 

 105. 



107. 



lliS. 

 109. 



111. 

 112. 



113. 

 114. 



115. 

 IIG. 



117. 

 118. 



119. 

 120. 



mother's brother's wife 



molher's liKilliei's smi (male! 

 and females use same terms). 



Relationships in Chinese. 



mother's brother's son's wife . . . 

 mother's brother's daughter. . . . 



mother's bro.'s daughter's hus- 

 band. - 



mother's brother's son's son 



mother's bro.'s son's daughter. . 

 mother's bro.'s diiughter's son. . 



mother's brother's daughter's 

 daugliter. 



mother's bro.'s great grandson. . 



mother's brother's great grand- 

 daughter. 



mother's brother's great great 

 grandson. 



mother's brother's great great 

 granddaughter. 



mother's elder sister 



mother's younger sister 



Wo-t6 tang- wae-sung-neu 



" tang-chih-sun 



" tang-chih-suu-neu . 



« tang-chih-tsung- 



sun. 

 " tang-chih-tsnng- 



suii-neu. 



" ku-mo 



" ku-tseay 



" ku-chang 



" peaon-heung-te . . . 



" peaon-saon 



" peaou-tsze-mei . . . . 

 tseay ,- 



" peaon-chih 



** peaon-chih-neii . . 

 " peaon-chih-wae- 



sung. 

 " peaon-chih-wae- 



sung-neu. 

 " peaon-chih-sun . . 

 " peaon-chih-suu- 



nen. 

 " peaon-chih-tsung- 



suu. 

 " peaon-chih-tsung- 



sun-ueu. 

 ** mo-kew 



mother's sister's husband 



mother's sister's son (males and 



females use same terms), 

 mother's sister's son's wife . . . , 

 mother's sister's daughter .... 



kew-mo 



peaon-heung-te 



peaon-saon . . . . 



peaon-tsze-mei . 



tsze , 

 peaon- 



-fu 



peaon-chih 



peaon-ehili-neu . . 

 wae-peaon-chih . . 



wae-peaon-chih- 



neu. 

 peaon-chih-sun . . . 

 peaon-chih-sun- 



neu. 

 peaon-chih-tsung- 



sun. 

 peaon-ohih-tsuug- 

 sun-neu. 



ta-e-ma 



seaon-e-ma 



e-fu 



e-peaon-heung-te 



e-peaon-saon. . . . 

 e-peaon-tsze-mei 



Etymological eKplanati* 



My wae-sung daughter of the tang 



class, 

 grandson of the tang-chih class, 



or in the tang-chih line, 

 granddaughter in the tang-chih 



line of relationship. 

 gre,at grandson of the tang-chih 



class, 

 great granddaughter of the 



tiing-chih class, 

 aunt's mother, 

 aunt's elder sister, 

 aunt's husband, 

 brother of the peaon class. 



sister-in-law of the prann class, 

 sister of the peaon class. 



" sister's husband of 



younger 



tlie /leam class. 



nephew of the peaon class. 



niece of the peaon class. 



nephew of the wac-sung branch 

 of the peaon class. 



niece of the wae-suug branch of 

 the peaon class. 



grandson of the peaon-chih class. 



granddaughter of tho peaon-cUih 

 class. 



great grandson of the peaon- 

 chih class. 



great granddaughter of the 

 piiwn-chih class. 



mother uncle. 



uncle mother. 



brother of the peaon class. 



sister-in-law of the peaon class, 

 sister of the peaon class. 



sister's husband of the peaon 



class, 

 nephew of the peaon class, 

 niece of the peaon class, 

 nephew of the tvae branch of 



tlie peaon class, 

 niece of the viae branch of the 



ptaon class, 

 grandson of the 7)caon-c7ii'/i class, 

 granrldaughterof the peaon-chih 



class, 

 great grandson of the peaon 



chih class, 

 great granddaughter of the 



peaon-chih class, 

 great outside mamma, 

 small outside mamma. 



mother's sister-father, 

 brother of the e-peaon class. 



sister-in-law of the e-peaon class 

 sister of the e-peaon class. 



My hall nephew reproduced. 

 My hall niece reproduced. 



A father's sister is called ku, I. e., aunt. 



My external brother, i. «., not of the same sur- 

 name. 



A mother's brothers are called hew, i. e., uncle. 

 Mo-kew = mother-uncle. Sometimes kew-fu 

 is used ^uncle-father. Kew is pronounced 

 like the gu in the Scotch word "gude" (good) . 



Same as my father's sister's son. In this way 

 the descendants of my father's brothers are 

 my brothers ; the children of my mother's 

 brothers and my father's sisters are my cou- 

 sins; the children of my mother's sisters 

 are ray second cousins. This distinction be- 

 tween brothers and cousins is but fanciful ; 

 all the children of the brothers and sisters 

 of my parents are my brothers and sisters, 

 but distinguished as belonging to the tnij- 

 peaon or e-peaon class, according to the rela- 

 tionship in which their parents stood to mine 



The sisters of a mother, as also the sisters of 

 one's wife, are designated e. As written by 

 the Chinese, the character for e is composed 

 of two other characters, meaning " woman" 

 and "foreign." Tan and seaon are "great" 

 and "small." Ta-e-ma is thus "great out- 

 side mamma," and seoon-c-mo = small out- 

 side mamma. 



The e is the s.ame word as in e-ma = mother's 

 sister. 



