The bourns that mark the boundaries of the fields bear the names of families, not of individuals.

The family, as such, is the proprietor, and its lands are cultivated and enjoyed in common by all the constituents of the clan.

In the tenure of its real estate, the Chinese family much resembles the Russian Mir.

But so far as his personal state is concerned, the Chinese son outslaves the Slav.

For he lives at home, under the immediate control of the paternal will--in the most complete of serfdoms, a filial one.