今天的中国,许多媒体早就在“奢华”和“品味”之间画上等号了。他们把绅士等同于品味,再将品味等同于奢华。我读过不少传说中的英国绅士写的东西,在我印象之中,绅士和奢华根本是两个完全不同的范畴。且看19世纪英国绅士之间的通信,关于绅士的品味,他们是这么说的:“XXX的家居朴实无华,真是难得的好品味;他是那 In today’s China, many media outlets have long been equated between ”luxury“ and ”taste.“ They equate gentry with taste and then taste with luxury. I have read many stories written by the legendary English gentlemen. In my mind, gentlemen and luxury are fundamentally two completely different categories. And look at the communication between gentlemen in the 19th century British gentleman, on the taste, they say so: ”XXX home plain, really a rare good taste; he is that