primogeniture

Patriarchy and primogeniture still defined the noble family life, while the notion of family origin, parental supremacy in marriage and endogamy controlled the noble marital life.

父权制、家长制、长子继承制仍然是制约贵族家庭生活的三大要素。而门第观念、父母包办、内婚制则主宰着贵族的婚姻生活。

Population, marital mores, nobility awarding policy and primogeniture are the four most important factors regulating the change in the number of noblemen, while the favor of the King and marriage are the two important factors affecting the flow of members of the nobility.

人口因素、婚姻习俗、封爵政策、长子继承制是制约贵族数量变化的四个最重要因素。而国王的恩宠、婚姻则是影响贵族成员流动的两个重要因素。

The reason of the transformation is that the evolvement of folktales is dominated by the culture and system of the society. That is, the Chinese system which is characterized by partible inheritance and the Japanese system which is characterized by primogeniture.

民间故事形态的演变受社会文化制度的制约和支配，故事在传播过程中产生变体的直接原因就是中日不同的家庭财产继承制度，即中国的诸子均分制和日本的长子继承制。