laws handed down from forefathers

laws handed down from forefathers

Family law, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ǔ Z ō ngji ā f ǎ, which means the family law made by ancestors in feudal times. From Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin.

The origin of Idioms

The first chapter of the first volume of Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin: "don't say it's a concubine, even a queen, and it's forbidden to say a word in search of state affairs. This is the rule, also known as "patriarchal law."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used in writing.

Examples

"Ancestral law" contains the dual meaning of ethics and politics.