The Appearance of Officialdom (the Most Classic Chinese Classical Novel)
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The Sixty Chapters of "The Appearance of Officialdom" was written by Li Baojia in the late Qing Dynasty. It is one of the "four major condemnation novels" in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also a satirical masterpiece that achieved a sensational social effect at the time of its publication. This book focuses on describing all kinds of dark, ugly and corrupt situations in the officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty. The characters shown in the book include military ministers, governors and governors, admirals, as well as county magistrates, officials, and miscellaneous officials. They are either dirty and despicable, ignorant, or corrupt, forming a picture of the ugliness of the late Qing bureaucracy. In the structure of the book, one person is narrated and then transferred to the next person, and so on. Using the technique of exaggeration and irony, the characters are described deeply, thoroughly, and vividly. It has a profound influence at that time and in later generations, and has a long-lasting artistic charm.
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