Cultural adjustments required Q: In your book you stated that the Chinese people relied on a social and economic middle class of intellectuals, merchants, local leaders and mid- and lower-level officials to maintain itself for such a long time before it broke down in the 19th century during the later years of the Ching Dynasty.
文化要調適問：您在書中提到中華民族能維繫長久，在十八世紀以前靠的是由知識份子、商人、中級官員、下級官員、地方領袖這一批具有社會、經濟性格的中產階級。