The gentry was an equivalent of scholars: so the answer "scholar" is the best. The members of the gentry were also the <span>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</span>
Explanation:Because in the eyes of the politicians a country that runs is better than no country at all. And politicians were already currupt back then as well.
