Squires in the South of Yangtze River and Political Movements in the Ming Dynasty;

In Austen s times,it was one of the most prosperous countryside in England and had dominating middle-class atmosphere of squires.

In the Ming Dynasty, squires were an important social class.

As very important self-government forces in traditional Chinese rural areas,rural gentry had effect on some aspects of social affairs,which is recorded in lots of literature.

This thesis mainly elaborates two major propositions related to rural gentry: one is how the vernacular novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties portray the rural gentry images; the other is the esthetics significance behind this kind of molds .

Gentry and Clan in Zhujiang Delta in the Late Ming Dynasty

This article sets out to clear up foreign research productions of the English gentry marriage and family from 1400 to 1700.

Despite the complexity of their class components, different social status and unevenly distributed wealth, the gentry shared great similarities in farming and animal husbandry under the capitalist employment.

Gentry, Country Gentleman and Local Elite--Review on the studies about the Elite level;

Formation of Rural Shenshang and Its Function of Society and Economy since Qing Dynasty;