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"Native China" Native China is a sociological work written by contemporary sociologist Fei Xiaotong, first published in 1948.

Native China is a study of rural China written by Fei Xiaotong. The book consists of 14 essays covering various aspects of the humanistic environment, traditional social structure, distribution of power, moral system, law and ritual, and blood and geography of the rural society.

In Vernacular China, the author outlines and analyzes the main features of China's grassroots society in layman's and concise language, presenting a comprehensive picture of China's grassroots society.

The book focuses on the pattern of differential order, the difference between men and women, the family, blood and geography, and so on. The book is fluent and easy to understand.

Vernacular China is one of the most important masterpieces of the theoretical study of the traditional culture and social structure of Chinese vernacular societies recognized by the academic community***.1. Wu Wenzao, "On the Sinicization of Sociology", the earliest advocate and active practitioner of the localization and Sinicization of Chinese sociology, anthropology, and ethnologyThe core of China's current problems, in a nutshell, is the disintegration of the entire social organizationThe crux of the problem is still at the heart of the problem. the fundamental conflict between Chinese and Western cultures that has arisen since contact.

This book contains 23 representative sociological essays by Wu Wenzao, and follows the formulation of the proposition of the Chineseization of sociology, the premise of the Chineseization of sociology -- the introduction and critique of Western academic thought, and the theory and practice of the Chineseization of sociology.

The content in On the Chineseization of Sociology covers three sections, including cultural anthropology, modern French sociology, and Western community studies. _2. Yang Kaidao, "The Chinese Township Covenant System", a representative work on rural organization and self-government practices, an early pioneer in Chinese rural sociology, the system of the township covenant was an ideal, an experiment, for the construction of the countryside by Chinese sages and forefathers in the ancient past.

How many times has he tried it, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing, but the theory is being completed day by day, the work is becoming more concrete day by day, and the time for the whole realization and the whole success is approaching.

--Yang KaidaoThe author analyzes in detail the basic forms of social organization in rural China since the Ming and Qing dynasties, starting with the Lü's township agreement of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Yang Kaifaodao wrote this book at the height of the self-government movement in the Republican period, but instead of indulging in a fascination with self-government and the spirit of democracy, the author, based on the vernacular society, pointed out that self-government must be self-initiated and self-organized, or it would inevitably be reduced to the administrative institutions of the olden days, such as the baojia (保甲).

Rural autonomy would be a condition for the constitution of the state. 3. Wu Jingchao's "

The Way Out for the Fourth Kind of Country" (第四种國家的出路), "Developing Cities to Relieve Rural Areas" (发展都市以救济农村), categorized the world's countries into four types based on the criteria of population density and occupational assignments.

Wu advocated the industrialization movement, believing that industrialization was the only way to improve the lives of the people.

--Sun Benwen Wu Jingchao was a famous modern sociologist in China, and "

The Way Out for the Fourth Kind of Country" is his representative work.

In this famous sociological work, the author puts forward the theory of developing the metropolis for the relief of the countryside.

The author categorized the various countries of the world into four types, using population density and occupational assignment as criteria.

China belongs to the fourth type, i.e., the population density is quite high, but the proportion of people earning a living in agriculture is also high.

To improve their standard of living the Chinese must develop their resources, industrialize, distribute them equitably and control their population.

_4.TAO MENG HE AND LEONG YU GAO VILLAGEANDTOWNLIFEINCHINA "China's Countryside and Town Life" The First Book of Chinese Research SociologyTao Meng He's First Attempt to Apply the Methods of Social Investigation to the Study of Social Organizations and Ideas in China In 1912, Tao Meng He and his classmate Liang Yugao co-authored this book, which has become the first book of social investigation methodology that Tao Meng He has ever attempted to apply to the study of China's social organizations and ideologies. Social survey methodology to study Chinese social organization and thought of the first book, but also the country's study of sociology of the pioneering work.

Hobhouse's preface to the book is highly favorable. In the preface, he states that the book makes it clear that the Chinese family system is not obsolete and an obstacle to social progress, but rather serves a variety of effective social functions.

This book is the first generation of Chinese sociologists, Mr. Tao Menghe and his classmate Liang Yugao's work, with the background of Chinese society in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and with the perspective of sociological observation, it is a typical portrayal of a basic structural outlook of the Chinese countryside and cities in that era; what is particularly important is that there is a preface by the British scholar Hobhouse at the front of the book, who advocates that sociology should carry out empirical research on the relationship between human spiritual life and social structure. Hobhouse advocated that sociology should carry out empirical research on the relationship between human spiritual life and social structure, and particularly emphasized the research method of social survey, and had devoted a special chapter to the issue of social survey in his book Metaphysical Theory of the State, by which Tao Menghe was y influenced.

_5. Sun Benwen "Contemporary Chinese Sociology" systematically discusses the origin and development of Chinese sociology is a brief history of Chinese sociology is also a diagnostic of the state of development of Chinese sociology, one of the founding fathers of Chinese sociology systematically introduces the Western sociology to the main scholars in China, the fundamental activities of human social activities is the psychological impact and cultural impact of the culture for the elements of the human society in general, there is no culture, there is no society. culture is the universal element of human society, there is no society without culture.

The reason why human beings are different from animals is that they have culture, so culture is the specialty of human beings, that is to say, it is an indispensable element of human beings.

--Sun Benwen This book is one of Mr. Sun Benwen's representative works, published in 1948.

The book is divided into the upper and lower parts, ****22 chapters, systematically discusses the origin and development of Chinese sociology, Chinese sociological schools and their characteristics, is a systematic summary of the academic research results and disciplinary development of Chinese sociology since its emergence.

1. Wu Wenzao, "On the Chineseization of Sociology", the earliest advocate and active practitioner of the localization and Chineseization of Chinese sociology, anthropology, and ethnology2. Yang Kaidao, "The System of Township Contracts in China", a representative work that examines the organization of the countryside and self-governance practicesEarly pioneering work on the sociology of the rural areas of China3. Wu Jingchao, "The Way Out of the Fourth Kind of Country", "Developing the Metropolis for the Relief of the Countryside", based on the population density of the rural area. Rural Relief" ("发展都市以救济农村") categorizes the countries of the world into four types based on the criteria of population density and occupational assignments.4. Tao Menghe Liang Yugao VILLAGEANDTOWNLIFEINCHINA (《中国的乡村和城镇生活》) is a pioneering work of sociology for the study of China. Tao Menghe first attempted to use the method of social survey.5. Sun Benwen Contemporary Chinese Sociology (《当代中国社会学》) is a systematic study of Chinese sociology. The origin and development of sociology in China is systematically discussed. It is a brief history of Chinese sociology and a diagnostic of its development. One of the founding fathers of Chinese sociology, it is a systematic introduction of Western sociology to China by the major scholars of sociology. -From Primitive Groups to Tribal Societies", is a very characteristic book, whose characteristics mainly lie in the extremely simple, concise and condensed language, which never makes a fuss or drags on "The World City of _South Central_: _Africans in the State_Low-end Globalization" by:_Gordon This is a new book published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, written by anthropologist Michael McGordon of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. et al.

The Classical Readings in Chinese Sociology selects some of the most important representative works in Chinese sociology during the half-century since sociology was introduced into China at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century up to 1949, and provides readers with a brief, but relatively complete, system of literature for understanding the development of Chinese sociology in the first half of the 20th century, and is a necessary introduction for the study and understanding of early Chinese sociology. It is an essential introduction to the study and understanding of early Chinese sociology.

Native China

Native China is a sociological work by contemporary sociologist Fei Xiaotong, first published in 1948.

Native China is a study of rural China written by Fei Xiaotong.

The book consists of 14 essays covering various aspects of the humanistic environment, traditional social structure, power distribution, moral system, legal rites, and blood and geography of the vernacular society.

In Vernacular China, the author outlines and analyzes the main features of China's grassroots society in layman's and concise language, presenting a comprehensive picture of China's grassroots society.

The book focuses on the pattern of differential order, the distinction between men and women, the family, the bloodline and the geography.

The book is fluent and easy to understand.

Native China is one of the major masterpieces of theoretical research on the traditional culture and social structure of Chinese vernacular society recognized by the academic community***.

1. Wu Wenzao, On the Chineseization of Sociology

The earliest advocate and active practitioner of the localization and Chineseization of Chinese sociology, anthropology, and ethnology

The core of China's present problems, in a nutshell, is the disintegration of the entire social organization, and it is also in the fundamental conflict between Chinese and Western cultures that has been caused by the contact between the two.

This book contains 23 representative sociological essays by Wu Wenzao, and follows the formulation of the proposition of the Chineseization of sociology, the premise of the Chineseization of sociology -- the introduction and critique of Western academic thought, and the theory and practice of the Chineseization of sociology.

The content in _On the Chineseization of Sociology_ covers three sections, including cultural anthropology, modern French sociology, and Western community studies.

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2. Yang Kaidao, "The Chinese Township Covenant System"

A representative work on the study of rural organization and self-governing practices

An early pioneer in Chinese rural sociology

The system of township covenants was a kind of ideal, an experiment, for the construction of the countryside by Chinese sages and forefathers of the past and the present.

How many times has he experimented with it, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing, yet the theory is being completed day by day, the work is becoming more concrete day by day, and the time for the whole realization, the whole success, is about to come.

--Yang Kaidao

The author analyzes in detail the basic forms of social organization in rural China since the Ming and Qing dynasties, starting with the Lü's township agreement of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Yang Kaifaodao wrote this book at the height of the self-government movement in the Republican period, but the author did not indulge in an obsession with self-government and the spirit of democracy, but rather, based on the vernacular society, he pointed out that self-government organizations must be self-initiated and self-organized, or they would inevitably be reduced to the old administrative institutions such as the Baojia.

Rural autonomy would be a condition for the constitution of the state.

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3. Wu Jingchao, "

The Way Out of the Fourth Kind of State"

"Developing the Metropolis to Provide Relief to the Countryside"

Based on the criterion of population density and occupational assignments

divided the various countries of the world into four types

Domestic Wu Jingchao and Qiao Qiming are the most prominent sociologists who emphasize economic factors.

Wu advocated the industrialization movement, believing that industrialization was the only way to improve people's lives.

--Sun Benwen

Wu Jingchao is a famous sociologist in modern China, and "

The Way Out for the Fourth Kind of Country" is his representative work.

In this famous sociological work, the author put forward the theory of developing the metropolis for the relief of the countryside.

The author categorized the various countries of the world into four types, using population density and occupational assignment as criteria.

China belongs to the fourth type, i.e., the population density is quite high, but the proportion of people earning a living in agriculture is also high.

To improve their standard of living the Chinese must develop their resources, industrialize, distribute them equitably and control their population.

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4. TAO MENG and LIANG YU GAO

VILLAGEANDTOWNLIFEINCHINA

VILLAGE AND TOWNLIFE IN CHINA

The first book of research sociology in China

Tao Menghe's first attempt to use the method of social research

The first book to study the organization of society in China

In 1912, Tao Menghe and his classmate Liang Yugao co-authored this book, which became Tao Menghe's first attempt to use social survey methods to study China's social organization and ideology, and was also the first work of sociological research in China.

Hobhouse wrote a foreword to the book, which he highly praised.

In his preface, he noted that the book brought to light the fact that the Chinese family system was not an outdated and ineffective impediment to social progress, but rather served a variety of effective social functions.

This book is the first generation of Chinese sociologists, Mr. Tao Menghe and his classmate Liang Yugao's work, with the background of Chinese society in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and with the perspective of sociological observation, it is a typical portrayal of a basic structural outlook of the Chinese countryside and cities in those times; what is particularly important is that the book is preceded by the preface of the British scholar Hobhouse, who advocated that sociology should carry out empirical research on the relationship between the spiritual life of human beings and the structure of the society. Hobhouse advocated that sociology should carry out empirical research on the relationship between human spiritual life and social structure, and particularly emphasized the research method of social survey, and had devoted a special chapter to the issue of social survey in his book Metaphysical Theory of the State, by which Tao Menghe was y influenced.

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5. Sun Benwen, Contemporary Chinese Sociology

Systematic discussion of the origins and development of Chinese sociology

A brief history of Chinese sociology

A diagnostic of the state of its development

One of the founders of Chinese sociology

The main scholars who systematically introduced Western sociology to China

The main scholars who systematically introduced Western sociology to China.

The elements of the fundamental activity of human social activity are psychological influence and cultural influence culture as a universal element of human society, without culture there is neither society.

The reason why human beings are different from animals is that they have culture, so culture is a specialty of human beings, that is, it is an indispensable element of human beings.

--Sun Benwen

This book is one of Mr. Sun Benwen's representative works, published in 1948.

The book is divided into the upper and lower parts, ****22 chapters, which systematically discusses the origin and development of Chinese sociology, Chinese sociological schools and their characteristics, and is a systematic summary of the academic research results and disciplinary development of Chinese sociology since its emergence.

1. Wu Wenzao, On the Chineseization of Sociology

The earliest advocate and active practitioner of the localization and Chineseization of Chinese sociology, anthropology, and ethnology

2. Yang Kaidao, The System of the Township Covenant in China

The representative work on the study of rural organization and self-governing customs

Early pioneering work on the sociology of rural China. Pathfinder

3. Wu Jingchao, The Way Out of the Fourth Kind of Country

"Developing the Urban to Relieve the Rural"

Based on the criterion of population density and occupational assignment

Categorizing the various countries in the world into four types

4. Tao Meng and Liang Yugao

VILLAGEANDTOWNLIFEINCHINA

VILLAGE AND TOWNLIFE IN CHINA

The pioneering work of research sociology in China

Tao Meng and Liang Yugao's first attempt to use social survey methodology

5. Sun Benwen's Sociology of Contemporary China

Systematically discusses the origins and development of Chinese sociology

A brief history of Chinese sociology

A diagnosis of its development

One of the founding fathers of Chinese sociology

The main scholar who systematically introduced Western sociology to China

Origin of Civilization: From Primitive Groups to Tribal Societies by Zhang Yan

Mr. Zhang Yan's monograph on cultural anthropology, "The Origin of Civilization: From Primitive Groups to Tribal Societies," is an important book. Origins of Civilization: From Primitive Groups to Tribal Societies", is a very distinctive book, which is mainly characterized by its extremely simple, concise and condensed language, which is never pretentious and never drags on

"The World City of _South Central_: _Africans in the State_ Low-end Globalization" by:_Gordon

This is a new book published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, a new book by anthropologist Gordon Mak of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and others.

The Classical Readings in Chinese Sociology selects some of the most important representative works in Chinese sociology during the half-century from the introduction of sociology into China at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century up to 1949, and provides readers with a brief, but relatively complete, system of literature on the development of sociology in China in the first half of the 20th century, and is a necessary introduction for the study and understanding of sociology in China's early years. It is an essential introduction to the study and understanding of early Chinese sociology.