从人情负担到契约边界：搭子社交的美学转向与视觉表征

From the Burden of Renqing to Contractual Boundaries: The Aesthetic Turn and Visual Representation of Dazi Socializing

摘要: 传统中国社会以“熟人”为核心，依托温情而紧密的人情运作逻辑，在当代高流动、快节奏的社会环境中正面临维系成本攀升与时空错位的双重挑战；与此同时，在传统向现代的社会转型过程中，社交模式也完成了从人情主导到契约约定的结构性转变。文章从艺术与美学视角出发，借助费孝通“差序格局”理论，尝试解析搭子社交如何通过场景化匹配、边界清晰化与即时结清这三重机制，实现对传统关系逻辑的重构。这一转型不仅是社交方式的更新，更指向一种社会关系的审美化转向，其本质在于从“人情负担”迈向“契约边界”。并进一步探讨了这些社会逻辑中蕴含的视觉意象与文化表征，为理解当代社会美学提供了全新分析路径。

Abstract: Traditional Chinese society, centered around “acquaintances”, operates with a warm and close logic of Renqing (human sentiment/reciprocity). In today’s highly mobile and fast-paced social environment, it is facing the challenges of rising maintenance costs and temporal and spatial displacement. During the transition from traditional to modern society, social patterns have undergone a structural shift from relationship dominance to contractual agreements. From an artistic and aesthetic perspective, this paper employs Fei Xiaotong’s “differential sequence pattern” theory to analyze how Dazi socializing (activity-based partnerships) reconstruct traditional relational logic through three mechanisms: scenario-based matching, clear boundary demarcation, and immediate settlement. This transformation not only represents an update in social interaction methods but also signifies an aesthetic shift in social relationships, essentially moving from “the burden of Renqing” to “contractual boundaries”. The paper further explores the visual imagery and cultural representations embedded in these social logics, providing a novel analytical approach to understanding contemporary social aesthetics.