摘要
Face ( mianzi ) and favor (renqing ) used to be researched in a descriptive level or from the perspective of western sociological theories. This paper argues that they actually work in their own ways with their hypothesis, meaning and functions in Chinese society. Chinese people assume that society should construct in reasonableness ( qingli) , in which favor is a kind of long reciprocity without counting or estimating while face refers to one’s important position in other’s mind in his or her community. The people know that social resources and authority would transmit from the magnates to them if face and favor could be connected with power.
Face ( mianzi ) and favor (renqing ) used to be researched in a descriptive level or from the perspective of western sociological theories. This paper argues that they actually work in their own ways with their hypothesis, meaning and functions in Chinese society. Chinese people assume that society should construct in reasonableness ( qingli) , in which favor is a kind of long reciprocity without counting or estimating while face refers to one's important position in other's mind in his or her community. The people know that social resources and authority would transmit from the magnates to them if face and favor could be connected with power.
出处
《社会学研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2004年第5期48-57,共10页
Sociological Studies
基金
南京大学中国社会与文化研究中心立项资助
课题为"中国人的社会互动及其结构 :理论建构与经验研究"
