France before the French Revolution divided society into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners).
Reform is a public affair for the masses. Reform is an open and aboveboard affair. It should not merely be discussed among a small number of the best and brightest of the aristocracy. It should not be carried out in a "hush-hush" manner, much less behind closed doors.
Mandarin
贵族出身
貴族出身
guì zú chū shēn
to be of noble birth
Mandarin
那末，马克思主义就不破坏创作情绪了吗？要破坏的，它决定地要破坏那些封建的、资产阶级的、小资产阶级的、自由主义的、个人主义的、虚无主义的、为艺术而艺术的、贵族式的、颓废的、悲观的以及其它种种非人民大众非无产阶级的创作情绪。
那末，馬克思主義就不破壞創作情緒了嗎？要破壞的，它決定地要破壞那些封建的、資產階級的、小資產階級的、自由主義的、個人主義的、虛無主義的、為藝術而藝術的、貴族式的、頹廢的、悲觀的以及其它種種非人民大眾非無產階級的創作情緒。
nà me ， mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì jiù bù pò huài chuàng zuò qíng xù le ma ？ yào pò huài de ， tā jué dìng de yào pò huài nà xiē fēng jiàn de ， zī chǎn jiē jí de ， xiǎo zī chǎn jiē jí de ， zì yóu zhǔ yì de ， gè rén zhǔ yì de ， xū wú zhǔ yì de ， wèi yì shù ér yì shù de ， guì zú shì de ， tuí fèi de ， bēi guān de yǐ jí qí tā zhǒng zhǒng fēi rén mín dà zhòng fēi wú chǎn jiē jí de chuàng zuò qíng xù ．
Then does not Marxism destroy the creative mood? Yes, it does. It definitely destroys creative moods that are feudal, bourgeois, petty-bourgeois, liberalistic, individualist, nihilist, art-for-art's-sake, aristocratic, decadent or pessimistic, and every other creative mood that is alien to the masses of the people and to the proletariat.
Mandarin
不但地主、贵族和皇室依靠剥削农民的地租过活，而且地主阶级的国家又强迫农民缴纳贡税，并强迫农民从事无偿的劳役，去养活一大群的国家官吏和主要地是为了镇压农民之用的军队。
不但地主、貴族和皇室依靠剝削農民的地租過活，而且地主階級的國家又強迫農民繳納貢税，並強迫農民從事無償的勞役，去養活一大羣的國家官吏和主要地是為了鎮壓農民之用的軍隊。
bù dàn dì zhǔ ， guì zú hé huáng shì yī kào bō xuē nóng mín de dì zū guò huó ， ér qiě dì zhǔ jiē jí de guó jiā yòu qiáng pò nóng mín jiǎo nà gòng shuì ， bìng qiáng pò nóng mín cóng shì wú cháng de láo yì ， qù yǎng huó yī dà qún de guó jiā guān lì hé zhǔ yào de shì wèi le zhèn yā nóng mín zhī yòng de jūn duì ．
Not only did the landlords, the nobility and the royal family live on rent extorted from the peasants, but the landlord state also exacted tribute, taxes and corvee services from them to support a horde of government officials and an army which was used mainly for their repression.