The third chapter of local China rewrites the word "going to the countryside":

Words are produced because of the barrier of time and space. The previous chapter focuses on the spatial dimension, that is, it expounds that rural society is a "face-to-face" society, so there is no need for words; This chapter focuses on the time mode. Time mode has two connotations: one is the separation of the past and the present, which means that the process of continuous learning in one's life requires memory to connect the past and the present experiences.

Second, the social time gap refers to the creation and continuation of collective memories and cultural experiences by society. Only when life changes and you feel that your memory is not enough, you need to borrow external tools, that is, words, otherwise word-of-mouth language can meet the needs of individuals and society.

The characteristic of rural society is "immobile"-the life form is the same and lacks change, so from the perspective of time pattern, rural society has no demand for words.

Introduction to China;

Native China is a book written by Fei Xiaotong, which specializes in rural areas of China. Published by Beijing Publishing House in April 2004. The book consists of 14 articles, covering the humanistic environment, traditional social structure, power distribution, moral system, legal ceremony, blood relationship and geographical environment of rural society.

This paper summarizes and analyzes the main features of grass-roots society in China, and comprehensively shows the face of grass-roots society in China. The book mainly discusses the pattern of difference order, differences between men and women, family, blood relationship, geography and so on. Language is fluent and easy to understand.

Author's brief introduction and influence of works:

About the author:

Fei Xiaotong (19 10 to 2005), whose real name is Yijiang. My ancestral home is Wujiang, Jiangsu. 1920 entered Zhenhua Girls' School (now Suzhou No.10 Middle School). 1928 graduated from the First Affiliated Middle School of Soochow University in Suzhou in the summer and entered the pre-medical school of Soochow University in the autumn. 1930 entered the Department of Sociology of yenching university and obtained a bachelor's degree. 1933 was admitted to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Tsinghua University with a master's degree.

/kloc-in the autumn of 0/936, he entered the London School of Economics to study anthropology and obtained a doctorate in philosophy. /kloc-returned to China in the autumn of 0/938 and taught in the Department of Sociology of Yunnan University. 1940- 1945 was appointed as a professor in the Department of Sociology of Yunnan University and presided over the research office of the Department of Sociology of Yunnan University. 1945 to 1952 served as vice president of Tsinghua University and professor of sociology.

The influence of the work:

When Fei Xiaotong was studying in the Anthropology Department of London School of Economics and Political Science, his tutor was Professor Malinowski, a famous anthropologist. Malinowski was very interested in Fei Xiaotong's investigation materials in rural China, and instructed him to write a doctoral thesis based on these materials in 1938, that is, the life of farmers in China published in Britain.

After Fei Xiaotong returned to China, he followed Malinowski's instructions, while teaching in The National SouthWest Associated University, he continued his investigation and research in rural Yunnan. Rural China is the result of rural social problems (the result of family problems is the book "Birth System"), and it is said that even the title of the book was put forward by Malinowski.