couvade

they had the old custom, known as the couvade, of sending the father to bed and rest when a child was born, and they had as a luck symbol the well-known Swastika.

他有一种古老俗，通常叫拟娩，当孩子降生时，把父亲送到床上去休息；而且他把著名万字饰当作幸运象征。

Under the influence of this classic evolution thought, there are some misunderstandings in historical documents in the research of couvade in China.This problem should draw the scholars' attentions.

我国学在古典进化论思想影响下，在研“产翁制”时，对古文献理解存在著严重偏差，应该引起文化史研重视。