理解费孝通的一种新路径--从费孝通的亲迎“三区论”谈起

A New Way of Understanding Fei Hsiao-Tung——From Fei Hsiao-Tung's "Three Zones Theory" of Qinying

为了弥补以往关于费孝通学术思想与方法的研究所存在的不足,以费孝通的《亲迎婚俗之研究》为出发点,分别从知识论、方法论与文化观的维度对费孝通思想与方法的脉络进行了重新的梳理和解释,得出他在知识论上将实地调查与文献研究合二为一,在方法论上对多学科进行融合与协作以及在文化观方面注重文化功能论、文化传播论与历史之间的结合与互动的结论,并藉此说明费孝通的这篇论文在理解他的思想与方法时所具有的重要作用。

Among the studies of Fei Hsiao-Tung both in China and overseas,few have noticed his bachelor thesis— The Study of the Custom of Qinying.In this paper,we try to reanalyze the thesis and explain Fei＇s epistemology,methodology and the concept of culture in order to reflect on the previous studies.The conclusion leads us to see that Fei combined the fieldwork with the documentary research,integrated a variety of disciplines—functionalism,diffusionism and history at the same time.It is hoped that such analysis will help illustrate that this paper of Fei＇s plays an important role in understanding his thoughts and research methods.