2. The structure and essence of rural society in China are deeply analyzed from the aspects of rural community, cultural inheritance, family system, moral concept, power structure, social norms and social changes.
As a professor of National Southwest Associated University and Yunnan University, Fei Xiaotong led a research team to have a strong interest in the society and culture of China and the real people there. He taught the course "Rural Sociology" to students through on-the-spot investigation, and the text left after class was published, which became the embryonic form of the book "Native China".