Question

The China members of the gentry included

Answer 1

The gentry was an equivalent of scholars: so the answer "scholar" is the best.
The members of the gentry were also the government officials - so this is also a correct answer. 

"peasants" are definitely not a correct answer - they were a different class in China. 

And the Samurai were not Chinese, but Japanese 

Answer 2

This is a great question !!! they include the china wall