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Zhai Xuewei is a Chinese author in the social sciences; apart from his name, public information about his life is currently limited, and six of his works are included in the collection. His writing centers on the social psychology and interpersonal relations of the Chinese people, starting from everyday concepts such as renqing, face, shame and trust to discuss how Confucian ethics permeate contemporary social interaction, and using frameworks such as relational dimensions and the order of time and space to explain how Chinese society works. His main works include The Reproduction of Renqing, Face and Power, Human Relations, Shame and Relational Dimensions: A Sociological Study of Confucianism, The Principles of Chinese Relationality, and Social Trust among the Chinese, and he has also contributed to Trust: A Very Short Introduction and to a Chinese studies journal. His prose is scholarly yet readable, suited to readers interested in sociology, cultural psychology and indigenous social research.