Question

帮忙翻译下，谢谢，不要机器翻，有加分，谢谢~~

In sum, this study attempts to explore these questions: what was the character of the social elite of Sung China? What role did it play in its home localities? What was the relation of its status, its power, its scope of action, to the authority of the state? How did this relation, and the elite’s role, change in the course of the Sung?

Answer 1

总而言之，该研究试着去探索以下问题：中国宋朝时社会精英们的地位（翻译成性格或品质都行）是怎样的？他们对他们的家乡所起的作用是什么？他们的地位，权力及影响范围与官方有何联系？这种联系以及精英们的角色是如何随着宋朝的发展而改变的？