%0 Journal Article %@ 1991-1572 %A Hu, Zhong-Sheng %T Relying on the Clan to Reason and Preserve the Clan Friendship: the Resolution of Civil Disputates within the Clan—The Case of the Wang Clan's Mutual Accusations Concerning Shop Room in Hong Village, Yi County During the Guangxu Period of the Qing Dynasty %D 2005 %J Journal for Legal History Studies %P 201-213 %V 8 %X According to comb the case of wangshi’s accusing each other for a shop room in Yi county Hong village in the period of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, this article thinks relying on Clan to Argue is an important morality procedure, and preserving the clan friendship is a morality principle that must be followed. These two points have guaranteed that the civil disputation within clan receives the settlement of the balance through the mediation finally, and have reflected one kind of good interaction between the society and official side simultaneously, thus maintained the stability of clan's society.   %K clay, civil disputation, morality principle