中國是重視家庭倫理的民族，對於絕後的問題一向特別重視。本篇文章以宋代戶絕之家立繼嗣的討為經，兼談婦女賐產權問題為緯。戶絕之家因無子可以繼承香火與產，須由家長或族長來決定繼嗣的人選，而繼嗣子也有管理材產、祭祀、撫養家中老幼者的義務。至於女兒是否有繼承權？本文也針對近來學者的相關論著作了綜合性的探討。

In the Confucian model of the Chinese family, the property of family was tie up with the concept of the part lineal line from father to son to grandson. But fatally, there were in twenty to thirty percent of couples the wife reached the end of her child-bearing years without there being a living natal male heir. How a Hujue (戶絕) family, the parents had no sons or their sons died before having sons, selected the heir at law and property rights of women at such situation is the main concern of the article. In recent years, the scholars made researches into the inheritance of property of daughters. This article discussed the topic as well.