宗族,作为中国传统社会的基本单元,尤其是在宋明以后,具有相当全面的社会功能,构成了整个社会的结构的基础。1而且,宗族制度与宗族组织与中国古代社会的封建正统文化儒家文化具有高度的、内在的精神与逻辑的合一性。因而,宗族及其与宗族相关的问题便成为学术界研究中国社会的一个重要的切入点。对于宗族的研究,就目前研究情况来看,确实取得了较为丰硕的的成果。从时间上说,宗族的发展经历了一个长期的历史过程,达到鼎盛时期是在明代中叶宗族庶民化以后;从 Clan, as the basic unit of Chinese traditional society, especially after the Song and Ming dynasties, had quite comprehensive social functions and formed the basis of the structure of the entire society. Moreover, the clan system and the patriarchal organization and the feudal Orthodox Culture and Confucianism in ancient Chinese society have a high degree of inherent spiritual and logical unity. Therefore, clans and their clan-related issues have become an important entry point for academics to study Chinese society. For the study of the clans, the current research situation, indeed, has made more fruitful results. In terms of time, the development of the clan experienced a long-term historical process and reached its peak after the commonalization of the clans in the mid-Ming Dynasty. From