Brief Introduction to the Story of The Scholars

This book is mainly written by a group of students who believe that "learning to be excellent is to be an official". They regard reading as a stepping stone. For money and wealth, they can study sleepless nights, and they can learn from black hair to white hair, just to gain fame. There are also some corrupt officials who do not hesitate to sacrifice the people in order to plunder the fat of the people, and also talk about "three years to clear the magistrate, 100 thousand yuan" and so on.

The novel was written in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, which lasted about 248 years. The text starts from the second time, and the story takes place at the end of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, about 120 years away from the "wedge"; At the end of the 55th story of "Sike", it happened in the 23rd year of Wanli, 21 years away from "AIA". After the rise and fall of a dynasty.

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The Scholars is very ideological and artistic, which fully shows the depth of the author's observation of life and satirical genius. Well-connected. It mercilessly exposed and strongly criticized the darkness and decay of feudal society, the cruelty and insidiousness of Manchu rulers, and the ugly state of scholar-officials who scattered imperial examinations and pursued fame and fortune at that time.

Wu chose this theme because the Qing rulers were afraid of the Han people's anti-Hangzhou and tried their best to put out the national consciousness and patriotism of the Han people. Therefore, in addition to adopting a high-pressure and horrible policy-burning books in Daxing and building a literary inquisition, they also advocated Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, rewarded the textual research school, set up a learned and magnificent poetry department, compiled a large number of books, and implemented the stereotyped imperial examination system.

In this way, we can buy people's hearts, win over scholars, control culture and prevent the development and spread of progressive ideas. Among them, the most harmful, poisonous and effective policy is the evil imperial examination system.

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Baidu encyclopedia-scholars