Now i saw plainly the goodness of his observations about the middle station of life , how easy , how comfortably he had liv d all his days , and never had been expos d to tempests at sea , or troubles on shore ; and i resolv d that i would , like a true repenting prodigal , go home to my father 同时，我也醒悟到，我父亲关于中间阶层生活的看法，确实句句在理。就拿我父亲来说吧，他一生平安舒适，既没有遇到过海上的狂风恶浪，也没有遭到过陆上的艰难困苦。我决心，我要像一个真正回头的浪子，回到家里，回到我父亲的身边。
My reasons for the formation of the middle class are : 20 - odd years , as china ' s economic structure and reform and opening up in depth , the original relatively closed and relatively simple social strata structure has undergone great changes ; political civilization construction and transparent government building , state of citizens in political life , economic life and social life interfere with the further weakening , subject to " common prosperity " target distribution system rationalization , the sound socialist legal system , improve the social security system so that the rise of the middle class quietly and causing social concern 2004年中国社会科学院陆学艺领导的“当代中国社会阶层结构研究”课题组依据几年来对中国社会结构变迁中社会分层结构的经验研究和思考,借鉴国外有关理论,对当前中国社会中间阶层给出了一个初步的研究界定:所谓中间阶层, “包括拥有一定私人生产资料的自雇者和中、小雇主(如中、小私营企业主)群体。其间的主体是指占有一定的知识资本及职
