Homme moyen

L‘homme moyen, read ’average man‘, is a concept suggested by Adolphe Quetelet.

The word renren by Wang Jaw in preface to his Mandarin Phonetic Alphabet,

  方今我朝厥始维新。以造就人才为急务。势必欲人人识文字通文义也。无如稟赋不齐而家计各異。倘仍不变通。敏者能识字、愚者仍不能识字。富者能识字、贫者仍不能识字。若欲愚者贫者识字明理。非另变一种简易新法不可。