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modern technology into traditional Chinese social organizations to promote an
effective transition of a society from tradition to modernity. He also pointed out that
this transition is not only related to the basis of traditional social organizations but
also inseparable from its emotional aspect. This paper firstly examines Fei’s
discussion on the relationship between “love for hometown” and “feelings of
kinship”， and on“local industry” and“local village鄄town community”. The study
demonstrates that “love for hometown,” a social emotion old yet simultaneously
new, is reinterpreted by Fei as the emotional foundation of modern Chinese society.
Influenced by Durkheim and Malinowski, as well as the neo鄄Confucian“family鄄
focused” thoughts of the time, Fei believes that China’s modernization should first
bring “feelings of kinship” back to the family， and secondly give full play to the
role of “local village鄄town community” and “love for hometown” outside the
family. On the one hand， he argues that China’s moderation should be based on
“local village鄄town communities，” where there is an emotional basis of “love for
hometown” so as to avoid social anomie. On the other hand， he points out that
“love for hometown” with regional and local moral sentiments can play an positive
role in the formation of love for the nation， thus exploring the internal relationship
between local communities and the modern state of China. This paper concludes
that“love for hometown” is the key for us to understand the emotional dimension of
Fei’s early social theory. It represents and constructs the root of the local society
and the transformation of modern China as a whole， as well as the interpersonal
connections between the local and the state. It hence has important significance for
our current consideration on the modernization of China.
Keywords：Fei Xiaotong，love for hometown，moral emotion，local village鄄town
community， rural reconstruction

一直以来，费孝通的社会理论在社会结构（如差序格局、城乡二元
结构）方面更受重视，但是他的社会理论也包含了情感方面（参见陈俊
杰、陈震，1998；刘悦笛，2010），因其着墨不多，而有必要对这些论述进
行细致的分析。 费孝通对于情感的关注及相关讨论主要集中在其早年 1
有关乡土重建的系列思想中。 他主张乡土重建应该以中国文明为基础，

1. 也就是他晚年所总结的自己的第一次学术生命期：1930—1949 年，在作品上截至《生
育制度》（参见费孝通，2009k：233；费孝通，2009l：404）.

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