中国古代民间调解历史悠久,积累了丰富的经验,其在解决纠纷中的低成本、高效率、全面性、易执行等特点与我国民事纠纷的性质与特点具有某种程度的契合性。在我国推行和谐社会建设的背景下,以调解方式解决民事纠纷具有正当性,尤其在乡土社会,调解方式应成为民事纠纷解决的主要途径。 In ancient China, civil mediation had a long history and accumulated rich experience. Its features such as low cost, high efficiency, comprehensiveness and easy implementation in dispute resolution have some compatibility with the nature and characteristics of civil disputes in our country. Under the background of promoting the construction of a harmonious society in our country, it is justifiable to solve the civil disputes by means of mediation. Especially in the native society, the mode of mediation should be the main way to resolve civil disputes.