“Qi”and Social Action with Rural Chinese Characteristics: A study based on proverbs and traditional operas 

气是理解中国乡土本色的社会行动的一个独特概念。本文利用民间谚语与传统戏曲等材料,对气在乡土中国的内涵进行了解析。作者认为,气在乡土传统中是一个具有较大弹性的范畴,它是中国人在人情社会中摆脱生活困境、追求社会尊严和实现道德人格的社会行动的根本促动力,是融汇了本能与理性、道义与利益的激情,其具体含义从一种需要被克制的激情到一种可以迸发的激情、再到一种自我执法的义气,构成了一个续谱,其中,以忍御气是主流,以气立人是补充,任气行侠是特例。

“Qi” is a special notion about social action with rural Chinese characteristics. This article analyses the notion in rural China，where the connotation of qi is expressed through proverbs and traditional operas. The author argues that qi is both a motive force of guarding the dignity and molding the personality，and some kind of passion that fuses instinct and reason，morality and interest. The connotation of qi forms a continuum of passion，from a sort of restrained passion to an erupting passion，and to the code of brotherhood. In the Chinese traditional culture，the principal aspect of its connotation is controlling qi with tolerance，the second is 244 shaping personality with qi，and the last is advocating chivalry by qi. 

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