Zhai Xuewei, male, born in Nanjing in 1960. He began to study sociology in 1986 when he entered the graduate program of the Sociology Department at Nankai University. He joined the Sociology Department of Nanjing University in 1988 and obtained a Master's degree in law and a Ph.D. in history. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Sociology, Nanjing University; he was selected as a Changjiang Scholar, the Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education from 2015 to 2020; he is currently a member of the discipline review panel of the State Council; and he enjoys the special government allowance. He has been committed to the sociology indigenous research for a long time. He has twice served as the principal investigator of the National Social Science Fund Major Project. His works have been selected for the Chinese Foreign Translation Project several times, and they are currently available in English, Japanese, and Arabic, as well as in traditional Chinese in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan of China.

How to Understand Chinese People and Chinese Society (General Studies)

Analysis of Chinese Social Behavior (Master)

Micro Studies of Chinese Society (PhD)

1.Trust of Chinese People: An Examination on Relational Orientation, The Commercial Press, 2022.

2.Human Ethics, Shame and Relationship Dimension: A Sociological Study of Confucianism, Peking University Press, 2022.

3.Face, Favor and the Reproduction of Power, Peking University Press, 2023.

4.The Logic of Chinese Action, Life • Reading • New Knowledge Sanlian Bookstore Press, 2017.

5. The Daily Presentation of Chinese People, Nanjing University Press, 2016.

6. The View of Chinese Faces, Peking University Press, 2013.

7. Principles of Chinese Relations, Peking University Press, 2011.

8. Social Credit in China: A Study of Theory, Evidence and Countermeasures, China Social Sciences Press, 2018.

The papers:

9. The Moral Framework of benevolence, Justice and Propriety and its practical Limitations, Sociological Research, 2024, No. 2.

10. The Construction of Daily Meaning, Exploration and Contention, 2023, No. 6.

11.Cross-culture, Translation and Indigenization of Social Sciences-On theEncounter between West Culture and Confucianism, Academic Monthly, 2022, No.5.

12. Chinese People's Favor and Face:Framework,Concept and Correlation, Zhejiang Journal, No.5, 2021.

13. Language Games and the Chinese exegesis Tradition as a method -- on the method of constructing Face Theory , Open Times, 2021, No. 2.

14. On the Construction of Confucian Social Theory-Dual Generation and lts

Propositions, Sociological Research, 2020, No. 1.

15. Sociological Exploration of the Way of Filial Piety, Society, 2019, No.5.

16.Re-understanding of Mutual Concealment of Offenses by Kin'Interpretation of the Theory of Relative Dimension, Journal of Jiangsu Administration University, 2019, No. 1.

17.Confucian-style Self and lts Practice: A Study of Indigenous Psychology, Nankai Journal, 2018, No.5.

18.Romantic Love and Predestined Marriage:Comparing Two ldeal Types of Intimacy, Sociological Research,2 (2017). Chinese Social Science Abstracts, No.8, 2017.

19.Shame and Face: A miss is as good as a mile,Sociological Research,2016 (1).

20. The Essence of Trust and lts Culture, Society, No. 1,2014. People's Congress copy information transfer

21. Lun:The Common Basis of Chinese Thoughts and Society, Society, 2016, No.5.

22.Guanxi and Strategy:The daily stratagems of the Chinese, Sociological Research, No.1,2014.

23. Human Relations and Institutions: Balance or Checks and Balances? Open Times, No. 4,2014.

24. The Social root of Credit Crisis, Jiangsu Social Science, 2014 (1). Xinhua Digest, No. 10, 2014.