社会参照论提出,人们的认识大都建立在特定的参照体之上;没有参照,便没有认识。社会参照论是对部分中国文化和中国人的某些思维方式的尝试性的初步提炼。社会参照论有其深刻的理论渊源和实践基础,其理论和方法有别于现存的西方的社会学主体理论。此理论有望发展成为与社会学主体理论并存的社会学分析范式。 Social reference theory suggests that most people’s understanding is based on a particular reference body; without reference, they do not know each other. Social reference theory is a tentative preliminary refinement of some Chinese cultures and some Chinese way of thinking. The social reference theory has its profound theoretical origins and practical basis, its theory and method are different from the existing western sociology main body theory. This theory is expected to develop into a paradigm of sociology that coexists with the main body of sociology.