在我脑中，平民是相对于精英这个概念来说的。

As I know, the concept of civilian is opposition to elite.

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孟瑾的作品是观念性的波普作品，这类作品是对于精英时代强大精神体系的消解。

Meng Jin's work is the conceptual pop work. Such work dispel the strong spirit system of the elite times.

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虽然这些机构对于精英们来说不过是一个谈话场所，但它们确实促成了汉族人的反抗行动。

Though these bodies were nothing more than talking shops for the elite, they did galvanise the Han gentry into action.

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