在原始社会,父系家族公社形态具有一定的独立性,又有显著的依存性。所谓独立性,并不意味着家族公社可以孑然自立,而是指作为一个血缘婚姻集团在经济上与思想上某种或大或小的独立倾向。这种独立性受外界诸社会组织形态的制约。因为家族公社从来不是孤立存在的。例如,父系家族公社常常归于父系氏 In primitive society, the patriarchal clan commune has a certain independence and significant dependence. The so-called independence does not mean that a family commune can be self-reliant. It refers to a certain economic independence and big or small independent tendencies as a consanguineous marriage group. This independence is constrained by the external social organizations. Because family communes never existed in isolation. For example, patrilineal family communes often belong to patrilineal families