In this book, Unger divides the changes of the Chinese countryside into two separate categories: the Chinese countryside under the rule of Mao and the countryside during the post-Mao era.

• 在本书中，乌恩格尔把中国乡村的变迁分成了两类：一种是毛时代下的中国乡村，另一种是后毛时代的乡村。