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A masterpiece from the Ming dynasty, Wu Ching-tzu's "The
Scholars" ranks with "Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the
West," and the "Water Margin" as one of the greatest classic novels
of China. "The Scholars" 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.
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