The Scholars (Classic Translation)

This book is so interesting! Wu Jingzi is really amazing, he portrayed all kinds of characters of that era very well! Just like what is said in the book, "Some people resign and return to their hometown, and some people rush to the exam hall at night." Everyone shows their pursuit of fame and wealth on the big stage of the Confucian Academy. And his sarcasm is so good that people can't help but laugh out loud. I think this book is not only a literary classic, but also a window into ancient Chinese society. Recommended!

Thoughts after reading: Wu Jingzi is really clever. He did not use fierce abuse or tense rebuke. He vividly described the enthusiasm and embarrassment of a group of people for fame and wealth by simply describing their daily words and deeds. It looks plain, but is actually sharp. The imperial examination made countless souls who could grow freely struggle painfully on the same path. Fan Jin's madness after passing the national examination is both ridiculous and sad. The ordinary people in the market have the calculations of the market, and the literati have the hypocrisy of the refined people. Among a group of people who follow the trend, are hypocritical and cowardly, have no integrity at all, and are ridiculous and philistine, there is a unique existence, and that is Du Shaoqing. He seems to be the author himself. Du Shaoqing despised fame and was a rare figure in that era, but sometimes he seemed naive and anyone could take money from him.

I first read "The Scholars" in my third year of junior high school, and now I am reading "The Scholars" again in my sophomore year. Because I studied novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, I had to understand the characters and plots in it again. The characters in "The Scholars" are vividly depicted, and the characters in "The Scholars" are either straightforward, pedantic, or stingy. These characters have their own characteristics, representing different classes and personalities. The inside is full of irony and rich in ideological content. Perhaps the social atmosphere in "The Scholars" has a certain influence on us now.

Scholars refer to scholars or scholars in feudal society. Through people like Fan Jin who are passionate about fame, pedants and stingy people like Yan Jian, they satirize the corruption in the late Qing Dynasty and the cliques among bureaucrats for personal gain. Through people like Kuang Chaoren and Niu Pulang who were originally filial and studious, they eventually became vain, selfish and hypocritical people, revealing the poison of the feudal imperial examination system to people. Through people like Wang Mian and Du Shaoqing who are filial and indifferent to fame and fortune, the author's pursuit of an ideal society is placed. I highly recommend reading this classic book [Like]

The book is indeed a good book, but for modern people, it is a little troublesome to read. The language is concise, but sometimes quite difficult to understand, and there are many uncommon words. Perhaps this is the essence of our Chinese culture!

No one has good works. China's treasures should be cherished by others.

It satirizes officialdom, human nature, and describes the feudal society of all things in the world. In just a few lines and words, it describes how many chivalrous and righteous heroes are great and unparalleled. It is really amazing. In some descriptions of specific environments, communicating with people is really better than Dream of Red Mansions. It is really amazing. Many of the characters in it are cross-era figures. Of course, there are also many negative characters who are like a fish in water. They really portray this kind of social situation with thousands of people and faces in front of our eyes, so that future generations can have a glimpse.

It was difficult to read it for the first time, but it was as easy as drinking water after reading it for the third time. After three times, I felt that the grammar was profound and worthy of careful consideration.

After reading it the second time, I still can't remember the relationship between the characters. But it's really interesting.

I feel like the content is difficult to understand [almost crying]

How can I open the serial numbers of some text annotations and read the annotations? Does anyone know?

Very interesting content

Very sarcastic, good

I finished watching it, although I didn't read it at the end [face covering] 2025.02.11

When I first read Wang Mian, I thought it was a good book, and I saw Tao Yuanming's indifference to fame and fortune.

The writing is meticulous and profound, a classic is a classic

It was so hard to finally finish reading [cry][cry][cry][cry][cry][cry]

The story is long, the description is delicate, and the plot is touching.

The content is pretty good, but a bit difficult to understand.

There are relatively detailed descriptions of ancient human relationships and character exchanges, with distinctive personalities and rich descriptions of the environment.

Good, good, good

Reading classics

True and false, false and false, true and true, indescribable

Good book, worth reading

Classical masterpieces, myriad things in the world

It seems like my cerebellum has shrunk.

Rich and colorful content!

Very beautifully written

Fascinating, getting better and better

Good, good, good