THE fundamental features of Chinese life are her tremendous population and the unbroken length of her history, with the economic backwardness, the detailed and deeply rooted social forms and the ingrown conservatism resulting from them.

• 中国社会的基本特点是人口众多，历史悠久经济落后，社会结构细致入微而根深蒂固，因而具有内在的保守性。