Both Chinese gentry and Japanese warrior were feadal privileged strata, but they played dif- ferent social roles in the course of modernization. The former actively safegurded traditional political system, hindered th...Both Chinese gentry and Japanese warrior were feadal privileged strata, but they played dif- ferent social roles in the course of modernization. The former actively safegurded traditional political system, hindered the development of history, whereas the latter gradually truned into a politi cal force fighting against Dechuan Mufu, propeled the society forward. In order to interpret this historical phenomenon, this article approaches the socal featune of Chinese gentry and Japanese warrior from uarious angles. According to the author, Japanese warrior was an unstable stratum, Chinese gentry was a relatively stable stratum, In a sense, it was this defference that decided the distinct historical fate of the two strata.展开更多
文摘Both Chinese gentry and Japanese warrior were feadal privileged strata, but they played dif- ferent social roles in the course of modernization. The former actively safegurded traditional political system, hindered the development of history, whereas the latter gradually truned into a politi cal force fighting against Dechuan Mufu, propeled the society forward. In order to interpret this historical phenomenon, this article approaches the socal featune of Chinese gentry and Japanese warrior from uarious angles. According to the author, Japanese warrior was an unstable stratum, Chinese gentry was a relatively stable stratum, In a sense, it was this defference that decided the distinct historical fate of the two strata.
