Social class in China

Confucian term from ancient China that collectively refers to the populace through occupational categories: shì (gentry scholars), nóng (peasant farmers), gōng (artisans and craftsmen), and shāng (merchants and traders)

right|thumb|220px|A 15th-century portrait of the Ming dynasty|Ming official [[Jiang Shunfu. The decoration of two egrets on his chest are a "mandarin square", indicating that he was a civil official of the sixth rank.]] The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats (), were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class.

Fuerdai (; ) is a Chinese term for the children of the nouveau riche in China. This term, generally considered pejorative, is often invoked in the Chinese media and everyday discussions in mainland China as it incorporates some of the social and moral problems associated with modern Chinese society.

social group in early China

low-income migrant workers in China

Baixing () or lao baixing () is a traditional Chinese term, meaning "the people" or "commoners." The word "lao" () is often added as a prefix before "baixing".

Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia