The Swan Song of Satire: Random Talk About "the Scholars
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In the form of casual essays, the book analyzes various issues in the long satirical novel "The Scholars", including "Fortunateness and Misfortune", "Proud Family Status", "Six Dynasties Complex", "Wei and Jin Styles", "It is important for people to have self-knowledge", "Miscellaneous Readings and Miscellaneous Studies", "Principles and Talents", "Winners, Princes and Losers", "Right Roads and Strange Roads", "The Ship Arrives at the Wharf, the Car Arrives at the Station", "He" Chapters such as "Stinginess", "The Tiredness of a Good Reputation", "Money, Talent and Family" and "All Working on the Rules" are not commentary but have the interest of commentary, not textual research but the depth of textual research, and are not historiography but the seriousness of history. They are eclectic, rejecting formulas, twisting and turning, and making fun of writing, such as joking in opera, drunken boxing in martial arts, and wild cursive writing in calligraphy. With a scroll in hand, people forget about gains and losses and become intoxicated with it.
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