调解制度在中国有着悠久的历史传统,受儒家文化思想的影响,中国人俨然具有厌恶诉讼,喜欢调解的传统,与正式的民事审判相比,他们更重视通过调解来解决争议。[1]虽然中国共产党沿用了调解方式来解决纠纷,但人民调解制度并不是中国传统的调解制度的简单延续,中国共产党人重新界定了调解者的身份 The mediation system has a long history of tradition in China. Under the influence of Confucianism and culture, the Chinese seem to have aversion to litigation and a tradition of mediation. Compared with the formal civil trial, the Chinese people attach more importance to resolving disputes through mediation. Although the Chinese Communist Party followed the method of mediation to resolve the dispute, the system of people’s mediation was not a simple continuation of the traditional mediation system in China. The Chinese Communists redefined the identity of the mediator