《乡土中国》是费孝通先生的经典之作,书中提到了“差序格局”这一概念,借以说明我国乡土社会中的社会结构和人际关系本质。中国的整个基层社会结构是差序格局式的,而非西方国家的团体结构,它是中国农村自给自足小农经济形态的反应,也是分析中国人“群己之别”、“圈层意识”的理论工具。这样的差序格局是一个立体的结构。 “Native China” is a classic of Mr. Fei Xiaotong. The book mentions the concept of “pattern of difference” in order to illustrate the social structure and the nature of human relationships in our country’s native society. China’s entire grassroots social structure is a pattern of difference and order, not the group structure of the western countries. It is a reaction of the rural self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy in China and an analysis of the differences between the Chinese and the other Consciousness "theory tool. This pattern of difference is a three-dimensional structure.