The government admits gentry in local communities through administrative channels, such as the village head election system, the Rural Committees and the Heung Yee Kuk (note: a rural advisory body).
Such was the cruelty of the local tyrants and evil gentry in former days, such was the White terror they created in the countryside, and now that the peasants have risen and shot a few and created just a little terror in suppressing the counter-revolutionaries, is there any reason for saying they should not do so?
Mandarin
他们有点骂人了，骂洋人叫“洋鬼子”，骂军阀叫“抢钱司令”，骂土豪劣绅叫“为富不仁”。
他們有點罵人了，罵洋人叫“洋鬼子”，罵軍閥叫“搶錢司令”，罵土豪劣紳叫“為富不仁”。
tā men yǒu diǎn mà rén le ， mà yáng rén jiào “ yáng guǐ zi ” ， mà jūn fá jiào “ qiǎng qián sī lìng ” ， mà tǔ háo liè shēn jiào “ wéi fù bù rén ” ．
They become rather abusive, denouncing the foreigners as “foreign devils”, the warlords as “robber generals” and the local tyrants and evil gentry as “the heartless rich”.
Mandarin
农民在乡里造反，搅动了绅士们的酣梦。
農民在鄉里造反，攪動了紳士們的酣夢。
nóng mín zài xiāng li zào fǎn ， jiǎo dòng le shēn shì men de hān mèng ．
The peasants' revolt disturbed the gentry's sweet dreams.
Mandarin
土豪劣绅的小姐少奶奶的牙床上，也可以踏上去滚一滚。
土豪劣紳的小姐少奶奶的牙牀上，也可以踏上去滾一滾。
tǔ háo liè shēn de xiǎo jiě shào nǎi nai de yá chuáng shàng ， yě kě yǐ tà shàng qù gǔn yi gǔn ．
They even loll for a minute or two on the ivory-inlaid beds belonging to the young ladies in the households of the local tyrants and evil gentry.