The image of literati and imperial literati

Scholars are greedy and arrogant. These officials rely on the imperial examination to stand tall, promote to a higher position and make a fortune, and use power for happiness; And greed and arrogance have become their characteristics. This further exposed the evil of the imperial examination system and reflected the corruption of the whole feudal official politics at that time.

On the one hand, it enthusiastically praised the protection of human nature by a few characters in a self-centered way, thus embodying the author's ideal. The use of vernacular Chinese in the novel is becoming more and more skillful, and the characterization of characters is also quite in-depth and delicate, especially the satirical technique is superb, which makes the book a masterpiece of China's classical satirical literature. ?

Scholars

The Scholars represents the peak of China's ancient satirical novels, which initiated the direct evaluation of real life with novels. ? After the manuscript was published, a manuscript was handed down and highly praised by later generations. Lu Xun believes that the ideological content of the book is to uphold the public interest above all else and criticize the shortcomings of the times. Hu Shi believes that its artistic characteristics can be called refinement.

In international sinology, this book has a great influence. It has been handed down in English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Spanish and other languages for a long time and is praised by sinologists. Some people think that The Scholars is one of the world literary masterpieces, comparable to the works of Boccaccio, Cervantes, Balzac or Dickens, and it is an outstanding contribution to world literature. ?