The Scholars

<p>A masterpiece from the Ming dynasty, Wu Ching-tzu's ranks with , and the as one of the greatest classic novels of China. is the first Chinese novel of its scope not to borrow any characters from history or legend and it is the first work of satiric realism to achieve an almost complete disassociation from the religious beliefs of the people. Departing from the impersonal tradition of Chinese fiction, Wu abandons such established narrative formulas as folk songs and poetic verse in favor of autobiographical experiences, descriptive realism, and characters modeled after his friends and relatives -elements that combine to give this critique of the Confucian civil service system an unprecedented immediacy and humor.</p>

Literature & Fiction

Yang, Gladys

Wu, Jingzi

Yang, Hsien-I

Classics

Columbia Univ. Pr.

The Scholars (Chinese Edition)

San Min

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