China takes as its model the father-and-son relationship, aimed at preserving the family line, and not, like the West, that of husband and wife, emphasizing reciprocity among equals.
這是因為中國是以父子一倫為「模型」的民族，注重延續血緣、保護自己人，進而擴大到家族和宗族；西方則以夫婦為模型，主張平行、對等的關係。