这种宗族关系虽然沿袭了旧的氏族组织的遗制，但实际上是以父权家长制为核心，按其辈分高低和族属亲疏关系来确定各级贵族的等级地位的。
Though followed the old clan system , the agnation focused on the patriarchy , and defined a noble rank and status according to their positions in the family hierarchy and kinship .
遗制