宗族是由族和房等支系构成的,具有一定的经济来源,比如公共祭祀田和义田,有社会互助功能和文化教化功能,由族长和宗正管理,并且有规则保证其实施的一种社会组织。而族产作为家族或宗族的共有财产,主要有义庄田、祠堂田等。由于族产管理者如族长的权力很难受到限制,而族产本身处于流动中,所有权不确定,因此在族产所有与使用上发生了不少纠纷。尽管清代国家法与家法族规对此有不少规定,但是其效果并不好。 Patriarchal clan is composed of tribes and houses and other branches of the family, with some economic sources, such as public worship Tian and Yi Tian, ​​social mutual assistance and cultural education function, managed by the patriarch and Zong Zheng, and there are rules to ensure the implementation of a social organization . While the family property as a family or clan of the common property, the main justice Zhuang Tian, ​​temple fields and so on. Since the power of the clan managers, such as patriarchs, is hard to be limited and the clan property itself is in a state of fluidity and the ownership is uncertain, there have been many disputes over the ownership and use of the clan. Although the Qing national law and the family rules and regulations have many provisions, but its effect is not good.