《乡土中国》与传统文化的重建

From the Soil and Reconstruction of Traditional Culture in China

虽然费孝通先生的《乡土中国》一书,其经验基础在于中国农村社会的调查,但其所提出的文化概念体系提炼出了整个中国传统社会的一些典型特征。在该书中,不只可以得到一些关于中国传统社会的基本认识,也能借以反思中国当下的社会以及文化的改革和重建。因为传统不只可以从以往的历史中追寻,而且可以从当下生活中发现。传统固然是改革的基础和限制,但也可以通过重述乃至重建从而推动社会的变迁和进步。

Although the empirical basis of Mr. Fei Xiaotong’s From the Soil is the investigation of Chinese rural society,the cultural concept system proposed by him extracts some typical characteristics of the whole Chinese traditional society. In his book,we can not only get some basic understanding of Chinese traditional society,but alsoreform and reconstruction of Chinese society and culture. The tradition can be traced not only in the past,but also in the present,it is the basis of reform to promote social change through restatement and even reconstruction.