农村问题是中国历史上一个总想解决而没能解决的问题。近代以降,随着西学的拥入,知识阶层开始尝试用新思路新方法化解这一难题。民国兴起的乡村自治运动就是这种尝试中很重要的一部分。李德芳教授的博士论文《民国乡村自治问题研究》(人民出版社2001年版)对民国乡村自治的理论及其实践进行了梳理,诚如王桧林先生在《序》中所说,“它不仅具有学术研究上的价值,而且在农村问题成为国家重大 The problem of rural areas is always solved in the history of China but can not be solved. In modern times, with the advent of Western learning, the intellectuals began to try new ways of thinking to resolve this problem. The rise of rural self-government in the Republic of China is an important part of this attempt. The doctoral dissertation of Professor Li Defang, ”Research on the Problems of Village Autonomy in the Republic of China“ (People’s Publishing House, 2001Edition) sorts out the theory and practice of rural autonomy in the Republic of China. As Wang Hui-lin said in the preface, ”Not only is it not only It has the value of academic research and has become a major issue in rural areas