古代律法有“一人造反,九族全诛”的重刑,史书因此常有“刑九族”或“株连九族”之类的记载。只是这“九族”究竟是哪九族,汉以来学者的说法并不一致。汉今文派学者持异姓说,认为九族是父族四、母族三、妻族二,并不都是同姓之人,是包括异姓姻亲的。古文派学者则持同姓说,认为九族只是同姓 The ancient law has “a man of rebellion, all nine people Zhu punish ” tion, history books are often “torture nine ethnic ” or “strain even the nine clan ” kind of record. Only this “nine clan ” which is what the nine ethnic groups, scholars since Han did not agree. Han Jinwen scholars have different surnames that the Aboriginal is the father of four, the mother of three, wife of two, not all the same surname, is the surname of the marriage. Aspirin scholars hold the same surname and say that the nine ethnic group is only the same surname