ABSTRACT
From a Chinese perspective, family is the existential situation of life, and it consists of several basic relationships. Love between husband and wife is the primary relationship; parents’ love of their children, and children’s filial piety are two other basic relationships. Further family relationships, such as that between siblings, that between parents-in-law and a daughter-in-law, and that between grandparents and grandchildren, are all derived from these three relationships.
