在《理论篇》部分，作者从中国传统乡村的特质、城市社区与乡村建设（新农村建设）的困境，以及未来农村的发展趋势等三个方面，较为系统地论述了乡村应该是一个什么模样、当下的中国乡村（包括城市社区）究竟发生了什么问题，我们应该建设一个什么样的乡村等社会关注的热点问题。并从重建乡村生态、修复乡村文化和提振乡村经济等方面详细地阐述了把"把农村建设得更像农村"的基本理念、重要路径和主要方法。对今天仍在继续推进的乡村建设实践具有一定的参考价值。（In the "theory" section the authors systematically expounds what the countryside should be like, what are the problems of Chinese villages (and urban communities), and what is the ideal form of countryside in rural construction. among other hot issues, from three perspectives: the singularities of traditional Chinese village, the dilemma of construction of urban communities and the countryside ("building of a new socialist countryside"), as well as the development trend of countryside. Meanwhile, it also elaborates on the basic concept, important approaches and major methods of "rural construction based on rural realities" from aspects of reconstructing rural ecology, restoring rural culture and boosting rural economy. It provides some insights that can be useful for the ongoing rural construction practice. ）