Patriarchal clan system and its cultural patterns are the core of China's traditional culture.

宗法制度及其文化形态是中国传统文化的核心。

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Surname is a miniature of the Confucianism, patriarchal clan system and the amalgamation of culture.

它是中国儒学文化、宗法制度和文化融合的一个缩影。

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The new rural gentry also promoted the reformation of the clan system and the transformation of the rural clans.

新乡绅推动了宗族制度的改良，促进了乡村宗族变迁。

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The UN has already warned that the election process - consisting of a clan-based system for nominating MPs, who in turn pick the president - is riddled with corruption.

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One of the families benefiting from the foreign trade system was the Asgaroladis, an old Jewish clan of bazaar traders, who converted to Islam several generations ago.

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But in Somalia this pact is rather stronger: an individual who flouts the system risks jeopardising trust in both himself and his clan.

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