Noun explanation:
The old meaning of nephew: in the original elegant kinship terms, a person's sister's son (male son or daughter son) was called a nephew by his wife. "Uncle" is symmetrical. Note: The above-mentioned "Zi" was originally neutral, but later it specifically refers to men.
The new meaning of niece: in an elegant kinship, a person's wife and herself call their sister's (married) son the niece's son and their sister's daughter the niece's son. "Uncle" and "aunt" are symmetrical.
Note: "Nephew" belongs to the relative title of brother-in-law, and refers to sister or sister's children. When "uncle-niece male (female)" is symmetrical, the children of married sisters are called nephews. For example, around Hunan.
Nephew has the following meanings:
Nephew. A sister marries her brother and her son is a nephew, but his surname is different, so he is called a nephew.
Nephew. Men are outside and women are inside. My husband also calls me nephew, my aunt is my sister, and my husband's nephew calls me nephew. Also called nephew, the nephew of the husband's family.
Nephew. Ancient women called sisters brothers. Women call their sisters brothers. The woman calls her sister her brother. A woman called her brother-in-law. The woman called her brother-in-law her brother-in-law. Ancient women called their sisters' sons nephews, also called nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and nephews.
Wife and nephew. In ancient times, women called their sisters' sons nephews, so they followed their wives and called them whatever they wanted.
Typical example analysis:
Biography of the Later Han Dynasty: "At that time, Chen Wang, the nephew of Xin, was famous all over the world."
The History of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 28, Biography of the Tombs Attached to the Tombs: At that time, the nephew of the Tombs, because of his talent, made Yanzhou stupid, stable and peaceful.
Book of Jin Volume 67 Biography: When my brother was young, my nephew Zhouyi often ate with him.
Tang Du Fu's poem "Send Twenty-three uncles to record photos of Chenzhou" says: "The sage is the home, and the uncle is well-known. Uncle Xu makes friends, nephew Wei Liu. "
"The Scholars" the fifth time: "Sister is dead. If you marry someone else, my nephew will be ground to death, my old aunt will be sad in heaven, and even my parents will be sad. " Press, also as exogenous. See niece.