This is a tremendous change unparalleled in the history of China and of the world.
Mandarin
第三是手工业者。这是一个广大的群众。他们自有生产手段，不雇工，或者只雇一二个学徒或助手。他们的地位类似中农。
第三是手工業者。這是一個廣大的羣眾。他們自有生產手段，不僱工，或者只僱一二個學徒或助手。他們的地位類似中農。
dì sān shì shǒu gōng yè zhě ． zhè shì yī ge guǎng dà de qún zhòng ． tā men zì yǒu shēng chǎn shǒu duàn ， bù gù gōng ， huò zhě zhǐ gù yī èr gè xué tú huò zhù shǒu ． tā men de dì wèi lèi sì zhōng nóng ．
Third, the handicraftspeople. They are very numerous. They possess their own means of production and hire no workers, or only one or two apprentices or helpers. Their position is similar to that of the middle peasants.
Mandarin
小手工业者所以称为半无产阶级，是因为他们虽然自有简单的生产手段，且系一种自由职业，但他们也常常被迫出卖一部分劳动力，其经济地位略与农村中的贫农相当。
小手工業者所以稱為半無產階級，是因為他們雖然自有簡單的生產手段，且係一種自由職業，但他們也常常被迫出賣一部分勞動力，其經濟地位略與農村中的貧農相當。
xiǎo shǒu gōng yè zhě suǒ yǐ chēng wéi bàn wú chǎn jiē jí ， shì yīn wèi tā men suī rán zì yǒu jiǎn dān de shēng chǎn shǒu duàn ， qiě xì yī zhǒng zì yóu zhí yè ， dàn tā men yě cháng cháng bèi pò chū mài yī bù fen láo dòng lì ， qí jīng jì dì wèi lüè yǔ nóng cūn zhōng de pín nóng xiāng dāng ．
The small handicraftspeople are called semi-proletarians because, though they own some simple means of production and moreover are self-employed, they too are often forced to sell part of their labour power and are somewhat similar to the poor peasants in economic status.