Rural China Author: Fei Xiaotong Publisher: Peking University Press

"Rural China" is a sociological work written by contemporary sociologist Fei Xiaotong and was first published in 1948.

"Rural China" is a study of rural China by Fei Xiaotong. The book consists of 14 articles, covering the humanistic environment of rural society, traditional social structure, power distribution, moral system, law and etiquette, blood relationship and geography. In "Rural China", the author uses popular and concise language to summarize and analyze the main characteristics of China's grassroots society, and comprehensively presents the face of China's grassroots society. The book mainly discusses the differential pattern, gender differences, family, blood relationship and geography. [The language of the book is fluent and easy to understand.

"Rural China" is recognized by the academic community as one of the important representative works in the study of traditional culture and social structure theory of China's rural society.

Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), a sociologist from Wujiang, Jiangsu Province, entered Suzhou Zhenhua Girls' School in 1920. In 1928, he studied in the medical preparatory department of Soochow University. In 1930, he was admitted to the Department of Sociology of Yenching University. In 1933, he became a graduate student in the Department of Sociology and the Department of Anthropology of Tsinghua University. In 1936, he was awarded a government scholarship to study anthropology at the London School of Political Science. In 1938, he received a doctorate in philosophy (social anthropology).

After returning to China, he worked as a professor at Yunnan University and Tsinghua University. He joined the China Democratic League in 1942. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a member of the Third and Fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Deputy Director of the Central Committee of Nationalities Affairs, Professor and Vice President of the Central University for Nationalities, Deputy Director of the State Council Expert Bureau, Vice Chairman of the Sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Seventh and Eighth National People's Congress, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, Director of the Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, President of the Chinese Sociological Association, and Advisor of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.