In traditional China there were family laws, regulations, teachings and ethics which could all be used by parents as tools to control their children so they would inherit the traditions, profession, affairs and learning of the family.
古代中國，家法、家規、家教、家道，都是做家長的用來規範子弟的工具，為的是要子弟能承襲家風、家缽、家緒、家學。