Abstract
The study of the Chinese interpersonal relationship model naturally returns to a more general and fundamental problem: the social behavior orientation of the Chinese people. Over the past century, the orientation and characteristics of Chinese social behavior have always been a difficult problem for research into Chinese psychology and behavior.
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Notes
- 1.
See Weber (1993).
- 2.
See Parsons (1951).
- 3.
See Triandis (1987).
- 4.
See Maochun (1972).
- 5.
See Shuqing (1982).
- 6.
For details, see **aotong (1985a).
- 7.
See Shuming (1988).
- 8.
See Hsu (1970a).
- 9.
See Dan (1991).
- 10.
Shi (1992).
- 11.
Guoshu and Chongyi (1982).
- 12.
- 13.
- 14.
For details, see Guangguo (1988).
- 15.
Guoshu (1993).
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Zhongfang (1992).
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For details, see Zhongfang (1989).
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For details, see Xuewei (1994).
- 19.
For details, see **aotong (1985a).
- 20.
Yingshi (1987).
- 21.
Metzger (1990).
- 22.
Qichao (1994).
- 23.
For details, see **aotong (1985b).
- 24.
Shuming (1987).
- 25.
Mu (1986).
- 26.
Guoshu (1998).
- 27.
For details, see Hsu (1970b).
- 28.
See Hsu (1983).
- 29.
ibid.
- 30.
Hsu (1970c).
- 31.
Qinan (1987).
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For details, see Lin (1988).
- 33.
Bell (1989).
- 34.
Pye (1968).
- 35.
Hsu (1972).
- 36.
Yu Yue, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, believed that the words “few” (寡) and “poverty” (贫) in this sentence switched places in passing.
- 37.
Nakane (1982).
- 38.
For details, see **aotong (1985c).
- 39.
Hsu (1990).
- 40.
Weber (1953).
- 41.
Qiunong (1990).
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Zhai, X. (2022). The Chinese People's Choices and Decisions in Social Behavior Orientation: On the Variables of the Local Social Action Model. In: The Logic of Chinese Behaviors. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2464-4_14
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