Note 615 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

Westermarck, op. cit., 394, 395; Jamieson, China Review, X, 78. But compare Möllendorff, Das chinesische Familienrecht, 21, 23, passim; and Smith, Village Life in China, chap. xxiii. According to Huc, Chinese Empire, II, 225 ff., the price is paid in two instalments, one part at the signing of the contract, another a few days before the wedding. Gifts are also made by the bridegroom's parents; while the bride's parents provide her with a trousseau. Cf. Kohler, "Aus dem chinesischen Civilrecht," ZVR., VI, 365 ff., 405, 406; Letourneau, op. cit., 144, 145; Ratzel, Hist. of Mankind, III, 493-508; Klemm, Kulturgeschichte, VI, 102-24.