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From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society, a Translation of Fei Xiaotong's "Xiangtu Zhongguo" by
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1. 如果文字和语言本身让传情达意有缺陷，即使有文法和艺术，也会让情意走样。2. 乡土社会的那种不假思索的可靠性，在不识文字却偏要到法理社会生活的人身上，起到了反作用力。有机的人到无机的环境里，每天依靠极强的目的性为生，一切都变得不再可靠，一生都只为了寻求意义而生存。
— Oct 07, 2026 09:29PM
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Gee
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anyone who wanted to be considered a native resident had to fulfill several conditions. The first condition was
that the person have "roots" in the earth-that is, own land in the village. The second condition was that he or she enter local kinship circles through marriage. These are not easy conditions to satisfy. The land in rural China cannot be bought and sold freely. The rights over the land are protected by lin
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that the person have "roots" in the earth-that is, own land in the village. The second condition was that he or she enter local kinship circles through marriage. These are not easy conditions to satisfy. The land in rural China cannot be bought and sold freely. The rights over the land are protected by lin
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Consanguinity is a stabilizing
force. In stable societies, a tie to a specific place (diyuan), or regionalism, is no more than an extension of consanguinity and cannot be separated from it. "Being born and dying in the same place" fixes the
relationship between places and people. Therefore, birth-that is, one's bloodline---determines one's ties to a location.
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force. In stable societies, a tie to a specific place (diyuan), or regionalism, is no more than an extension of consanguinity and cannot be separated from it. "Being born and dying in the same place" fixes the
relationship between places and people. Therefore, birth-that is, one's bloodline---determines one's ties to a location.