However, in the last century, as education has become widely accessible, knowledge is no longer the monopoly of an elite few. The traditional literati class has collapsed, to be replaced by a new class of intellectuals that is open to everyone.
然而，近百年來，由於教育逐漸普及，知識不再是特權專利的結果，傳統士大夫階級漸漸瓦解，代之而起的則是人人可作的新知識分子。