7月1日起,新修订的《中华人民共和国老年人权益保护法》正式施行,该法首次将“常回家看看”写入条文,引发了较大争议。其问题核心在于,传统中国的亲情观念和道德人伦是否需要法律来确认和强制实施?传统乡土中国,是建构在家庭基础上的乡村熟人社会,并确立了一整套以家庭伦理为内核的社会道德系统。通过教育灌输和社会环境熏陶,形成一种内化的道德准则,被普遍认 Since July 1, the newly revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly has come into effect. This law, for the first time, has written “frequent returns home to see”, triggering more controversy. The crux of the problem lies in whether the traditional Chinese concept of family and morality needs law to confirm and enforce the law. Traditional local China is a rural acquaintance society built on a family basis and has established a set of social morals with family ethics as its core system. Through education and social influence of social influence, to form an internal code of ethics, is generally recognized