在既有的腐败问题研究中,国内学者大多直接使用或借鉴西方学者构建的关于腐败问题的种种概念和理论,而我国社会中普遍存在的对社会行为发挥规范作用的社会文化概念——面子——却被一些研究者忽视了。在强调人际关系和谐的文化逻辑下,无论是请托者还是国家工作人员都倾向于通过“给面子”的实践过程来维持彼此间的密切关系。在这一过程中造成道德性面子与社会性生面子相分离,使得社会个体尽管在价值层面上认同廉洁行为(即道德性面子),但在现实层面上更倾向于通过腐败行为获得社会性面子,从而导致腐败行为的滋生与蔓延。 In the existing research on corruption, most of the domestic scholars directly use or draw lessons from the concepts and theories of corruption founded by western scholars. However, the social and cultural concept of social behavior, which is ubiquitous in our society, - it has been neglected by some researchers. Under the cultural logic that emphasizes the harmonious interpersonal relationship, both the client and the national staff tend to maintain the close relationship with each other through the practice process of “giving face to face”. In this process, the moral face is separated from the social face, which makes the social individual, even though approving of clean behavior (ie, moral face) at the level of value, is more inclined to obtain the social face through corrupt behavior at the realistic level , Resulting in the breeding and spreading of corrupt practices.