The Scholars

Wu Ching Tzu

За особеностите на екземпляра

Състояние:: Отлично
Забележка:: Почти отлично. Съвсем леки забележки към обложката.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр. - в това състояние и цена в този щанд. Други екземпляри от книгата

За изданието

Издателство:: Foreign Languages Press
Град на издаване:: Peking
Година:: 1973 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 608
Корици:: Твърди
Категория:: Чужда проза
Ширина (мм):: 140
Височина (мм):: 220

The Scholars (Chinese: 儒林外史; pinyin: Rúlín Wàishǐ), also known as Unofficial History of the Scholars, is a Chinese novel written by Wu Jingzi and published in 1750 during the Qing dynasty. It is considered one of the great "Classic Chinese Novels". Set in the Ming period, The Scholars describes and often satirizes academic scholars. The first and last chapters portray recluses, but most of the loosely connected stories that form the bulk of the novel are didactic stories, on the one hand holding up exemplary Confucian behavior, but on the other ridiculing over-ambitious scholars and criticizing the imperial examination system. Promoting naturalistic attitudes over belief in the supernatural, the author rejects the popular belief in retribution: his bad characters suffer no punishment. The characters in these stories are intellectuals, perhaps based on the author's friends and contemporaries. Wu also portrays women sympathetically: the chief character Du Shaoqing treats his wife as a companion instead of as an inferior. Although it is a satiric novel, a major incident in the novel is Du's attempt to renovate his family's ancestral temple, suggesting the author shared with Du a belief in the importance of Confucianism in life in spite of his criticism. The Scholars was one of the first major novels to use a vernacular style now called baihua. Classical phrases (wényán) appear occasionally, but only in the speech of elite characters. Language reformers in the early 20th century New Culture Movement used the novel to support their view that wenyan was a form of snobbery.