摩尔根早在100多年前对亲属称谓制度进行研究时发现,亲属制度伴随着人类集群生活的开始而产生,它是具有血缘亲属系统和婚姻亲属之间称谓的一种社会规范。侗族亲属称谓制度有着特殊的社会基础和网络座标,它不单是一种口头的亲属关系的称呼,而是更多地体现了一种文化的现象。人类社会集团中的血缘关系、婚姻关系和制度文化,都可以从其亲属称谓制度中探究出来。 As early as more than 100 years ago, when he reviewed the system of kinship designation, he found that the kinship system came along with the beginning of the human cluster life. It is a social norm with the kinship system and the kinship between the kin. The Dong kinship system has a special social basis and network coordinates. It is not only a verbal reference to kinship, but a more cultural phenomenon. The kinship, marriage and institutional culture in human social groups can all be explored from their kinship system.