当代人类学研究愈来愈缺乏宏观视野与理论的思考和关照，而趋于一种碎片化的状态。在此背景之下，应该强调"复数人类学"的多元发展。"人类学的中国思想资源"之思考，在一定程度上就是意在回归到古典人类学对于"人"及"人论"等此类问题的关怀。需进一步指出的是，对于中国思想资源的重视和挖掘，不仅仅是一种历史和文本的进路，同时也是着意于强调人类学的经验性。结合此两种思路和路径，探寻"人类学的中国思想资源"就应该在重视中国既有历史文献、思想资源的同时，强调其在"日常生活的实践中发现中国"，以及在"在田野中发现中国"。

Contemporary anthropology is increasingly fragmented, lacking in theoretical thinking and grand perspectives. Therefore, the pluralistic development of "anthropologies" should be emphasized. To a certain extent, the idea of "Chinese intellectual resources for anthropology" is to return to the concern of classical anthropology on "human beings" and "a theory of human beings". Furthermore, the emphasis on and excavation of Chinese intellectual resources is not only a historical and textual approach, but also an approach which underlines the empirical nature of anthropology. The combination of these two approaches to exploring Chinese intellectual resources for anthropology means to highlight China's existing historical documents and intellectual on the one hand, and "discover China" both in the practice of everyday life and in the field investigation on the other.