Wu (1701-1754), a novelist in the Qing Dynasty, was born in Quanjiao, Anhui Province, and was later named "Wenmu Old Man". Students of Yongzheng. In his early years, he lived well, but his family business declined and moved to Jiangning.

In the early years of Qianlong, he recommended learned words, excused his illness, and eventually became poor. Poetry and prose works, especially the novel The Scholars, have the highest achievements. There are "Wenmu Fangshan Collection" and "Wenmu Fang Shan Poetry Collection".

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Under this background, the capitalist relations of production have sprouted in the three generations of Kangxi, Yong Zhengdi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. The superficial prosperity of society can't cover up the decay of feudal society. While suppressing the armed uprising, the rulers used Daxing literary inquisition, took stereotyped writing examination, opened imperial examinations and advocated Neo-Confucianism to rule the scholars.

Wu opposes stereotyped writing and the imperial examination system, and hates literati who are obsessed with art and keen on pursuing fame and fortune. He reflected these views in The Scholars and exposed the ugly things in a sarcastic way.

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