The Scholars

"The Scholars" is a famous classic satirical novel in my country. It mainly describes the spiritual outlook of intellectuals and officials in feudal society. It successfully portrays the portraits of feudal literati who lived in the late feudal society and under the eight-part imperial examination system, such as those who were successful or frustrated in the examination room, the official veterans who were honest or corrupt, and the scholars who cheated on food and drink... It reflects the decadent and dark social reality of feudal society, criticizes the eight-part imperial examination system, and exposes the evils of feudal rule. "The Scholars" not only provides people with a vision, but also forms a technique and creates a novel structure. It has become a groundbreaking masterpiece in the history of Chinese novels and has an unsurpassed position in the history of the development of Chinese novels.