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"The Scholars" is a great realistic satirical novel written by Wu Jingzi in the Qing Dynasty of my country. It is a model of ancient satirical literature in my country. The book has fifty-six chapters in total, describing nearly two hundred characters. The novel is set in the Ming Dynasty, and actually reflects the lives of scholars under the imperial examination system during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods. On the one hand, the author exposes the imprisonment of the imperial examinations on pe
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The Scholars
By portraying the images of various types of feudal scholars, this book reveals their greedy, hypocritical and ugly mental outlook, exposes the corruption and darkness of the feudal social system, and makes profound criticism and ridicule of the imperial examination system and feudal ethics. The novel's language is concise and expressive, and its writing is humorous, euphemistic and satirical, making it a masterpiece of Chinese classical satirical literature.
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