Evolution of the Ritual System and the Southern Society of the Ten-state: On Individual Family Concepts

States of the south positively established the ritual systems during Ten-state in the ancient China.Some aspects of the ritual systems showed traces on the strong individual family concepts because of its impacts on the southern society.Of course,policies of enforcing the ritual systems,emphasizing the patriarchal sense and restricting the individual family concepts in states of the south,no doubt developed the ritual systems in the southern society.After Song Dynasty put down states of the south,the strong individual family concepts gradually reflected on the adjustment and practice of the ritual systems in early of Song Dynasty.