gentry society

基本解释

In traditional China, scholar-official is positioned on top of the four kinds of people, and after Song to Ming Dynasties, a "gentry society" is formed.
在传统中国，士大夫为四民之首，宋明以后形成了一个“士绅社会”。
The article reviews the form of the Gentry in local society, the relation between its form and the new Patriarchal clan's system and its influence from the angle of the cultural history.
本文主要从文化史的角度，考察了基层社会士绅阶层的形成及与新宗族制度的关系和意义。
In the beginning of last century, the traditional two_hierarch society of gentry and populace in the rural areas of Hunan gradually disintegrated, resulting in the power vacuum in there.
上世纪初，湖南乡村社会传统的士绅—百姓两极社会逐步解体，出现了乡村权力的真空状态。