Generally speaking, not four relatives and six relatives, but three relatives and six relatives. Three relatives refer to clan relatives, foreign relatives and wife relatives, and six relatives refer to father, mother, brother, brother, wife and children. The so-called kinship refers to blood relationship or husband-wife relationship, and single refers to the relationship formed by marriage.

According to the traditional culture of China, there is a certain difference between kinship and consanguinity. Generally speaking, people within the clan are relatives, while people outside the clan are relatives. In other words, only people with the same surname may be relatives.

The so-called pro refers to the paternal pulse, and then the qi, which is the maternal pulse. Modern people have a higher relationship with relatives than with relatives, because they have the same surname and relatives will come behind. But for now, anyone who has a relationship with you can be called a relative. Historically, foreign relatives were larger than internal relatives, and the degree of reuse was very different.

For in-laws, it refers to the relatives of the wife's maiden side, such as brother-in-law and brother-in-law. For consorts, it generally refers to the mother family and wife family of the royal family. To put it simply, the man's relatives are in-laws and the woman's relatives are consorts.