The Scholars
About This Novel
"The Scholars" has fifty-six chapters. It is a long satirical novel depicting the portraits of ancient intellectuals. The novel depicts various people's attitudes and pursuits of fame and wealth in a realistic way, and points the finger at the dark politics and pedantic imperial examination system. On the one hand, the novel describes the various absurd and hypocritical behaviors of Confucian scholars who were deeply poisoned by eight-legged stereotypes, satirizes those fake Confucian scholars and fake celebrities, and criticizes the corrupt social atmosphere at that time. The novel depicts the characters in depth and detail, creating many typical characters, such as corrupt Confucians Zhou Jin and Fan Jin, corrupt officials Tang Feng and Wang Hui, Mr. Ma Er, Mr. Lu Bianxiu, real celebrities Wang Mian and Du Shaoqing, etc. The superb satirical technique makes this book a masterpiece of Chinese classical satirical literature. The Scholars also created an example of using novels to directly evaluate real life.
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