A Late Ming Literary Master Begins by Copying Books

In ancient times, you couldn't become a great writer by relying on these novels. Do you think the social elites and scholars of that time would come to win you over? Do you think this is modern society? The Republic of China era ushered in the era of vernacular Chinese, but it was met with opposition from so many influential people who believed that vernacular Chinese was not respectable, let…

Writing those books was completely useless at the time. The concept of China as the Celestial Empire was deeply ingrained in people's minds. Most intellectuals didn't even know where Portugal was, so why would they read your books? "Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms" only became popular in Japan.

Why did they have to include this plot point of her being a eunuch's dog? Wouldn't it be better to just write a normal novel and meet famous people? I'm getting a headache just reading this part where she has to seduce Japanese women. I have no desire to read novels where the outcome is predictable from the start. Goodbye!

A dog that has been castrated can never become a literary giant.

After reading a dozen or so chapters, the plot seems déjà vu. It's plagiarized from "The Rise of a Literary Giant in the Republican Era." Both stories feature a protagonist who claims to have returned from the West, writes a book that catches the eye of a warlord (eunuch), and is then captured. The warlord (eunuch) wants to deal with someone and asks the protagonist for advice. The protagonist's suggestions always involve targeting the other party's woman...

Even Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind couldn't save the Ming Dynasty, so you think you're worthy of it?

What is God? He's just a foreign charlatan who has no real ideology, only indoctrination and theft, producing a bunch of robbers and criminals!

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the problems were too deep to be reversed. No matter how much enlightenment was given, it was useless. The landlord class would only fight you to the death for their land. Therefore, the protagonist can only enlighten minds by smashing everything with force and starting over.

If you were reborn in the Ming Dynasty and wanted to live with some dignity, the first thing you had to do was pass the imperial examination to become a scholar. Copying books would only get you a little money; don't be ridiculous if you dreamed of becoming a literary giant.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the choice was either not to wear it at all, or to rebel and start a modern revolution. First of all, those who want to talk about productivity should get lost. Secondly, the Ming Dynasty belonged to the Zhu family, and their surname was Zhu, not any other surname.