中国正在逐步形成一个对社会起主导作用的精英阶层,这个精英阶层在当代中国社会的政治领域、经济领域、文化领域,都起了非常重要的作用。但是,中国当代精英却往往不能够得到社会民众的尊敬。在这一背景下,有人提出当代中国精英学习西方的贵族精神,认为当代中国精英得不到社会尊敬,关键是我们这批精英缺乏西方的贵族精神。他们认为,当代中国精英就是要像西方贵族一样,有文化道德 China is gradually forming an elite class that plays a leading role in society. This elite class plays a very important role in the political, economic and cultural spheres of contemporary Chinese society. However, Chinese contemporary elites often can not get the respect of the community. Against this background, some people have suggested that contemporary elites in China study the spirit of the aristocracy in the West and believe that contemporary Chinese elites are not respected by society. The crux of the matter is that our elites lack the aristocracy of the West. They think that contemporary Chinese elites are just like the western aristocrats and have cultural ethics