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费孝通

費孝通
Fèi Xiàotōng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Fei Xiaotong, pioneering Chinese sociologist and anthropologist, author of From the Soil (乡土中国) and Peasant Life in China

About Fei Xiaotong

1910–2005 · 学者 scholar

Sociologist and anthropologist whose short book 乡土中国 (From the Soil) explains rural society through 差序格局, ties that ripple out from the self like rings in water. Chinese high schools teach it.

Examples

HSK 7-9
费孝通是中国社会学的奠基人之一。
Fèi Xiàotōng shì Zhōngguó shèhuìxué de diànjīrén zhīyī.
Fei Xiaotong is one of the founders of Chinese sociology.
HSK 7-9
《乡土中国》是费孝通的代表作。
《 Xiāngtǔ Zhōngguó 》 shì Fèi Xiàotōng de dàibiǎozuò.
From the Soil is Fei Xiaotong's masterwork.

Tips

history
He trained under the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski at the London School of Economics. In 《乡土中国》 he set the Chinese pattern against the West's 团体格局, 'group pattern', which he pictured as firewood tied up in neat, separate bundles.
culture
Survived denunciation as a 'Rightist' in 1957, returned to prominence after the Cultural Revolution, and served as vice-chair of the NPC Standing Committee in the 1980s-90s.

Stroke Order

费 fèi
孝 xiào
通 tōng