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Some scholars believe that traditional Chinese society is a society of "differential order", do you think this judgment is still applicable to today's Chinese society?

Answer:The concept of "differential order pattern" put forward by Fei Xiaotong, a scholar in China, is considered to be a more accurate description of traditional Chinese society, which is based on the fact that traditional Chinese society emphasizes on "Lun," i.e., the order of things, no matter what. Whether it is the idea of "caring for one's own aged parents and caring for one's own children" or the rights and responsibilities of marriage and funerals, it seems that the Chinese people do not treat everyone equally, but rather treat others according to their affinity with them. This phenomenon of self-centeredness, not based on reciprocity of power and responsibility to deal with the phenomenon of social relations, we believe, is compatible with the development of society, in the people attached to the family and other social organizations, this is natural, but with the people and the family, the family attachment between the relationship between the fading, more dependent on the company, the unit, then the structure of this mode of social relations and ways of dealing with it will be changed