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Wu Jingzi (1701-1754) was the first family of the Qing Dynasty. The word Minxuan, the word Wenmu, Anhui Quanjiao people. When he was young, he lived a luxurious life, and then his family business declined and he moved to Jiangning.

He opposed the feudal imperial examination system and hated intellectuals who were enthusiastic about fame, wealth, incorruptibility, and shame. The governor of Anhui wanted to recommend him to take the erudite and great word test, but he did not go because of illness. In his later years, he was poor and died in Yangzhou.

Good poetry, especially famous. The "History of Confucianism", based on personal experience, depicts the spiritual outlook of scholars from many aspects, and makes a profound criticism of the imperial examination system and feudal etiquette, and has become an outstanding work in China's classical satire. There is also "Wenmu Mountain House Collection".

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Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), known as Minxuan, was a native of Quanjiao, Anhui Province in the Qing Dynasty, he was born into a famous family, received a good education as a child, showed a special talent for literary creation, and when he became an adult, because he accompanied his father to various places as an official, he had the opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge, including the inside story of officialdom. When Wu Jingzi was 22 years old, his father died, and there was a fierce struggle within the family for property and power.

After this incident, Wu Jingzi had no intention of becoming an official, and was deeply disgusted with hypocritical interpersonal relationships, and had no intention of becoming famous. The governor of Anhui recommended that he should take the erudite Hongzi test, but he pretended to be sick and did not go. He was not good at running his family, and when he was poor, he sold all his family property until his death in 1754 at the age of 53, and he lived a poor life.

Wu Jingzi wrote a large number of poems, essays, and historical research works during his lifetime. However, what established his outstanding position in the history of Chinese literature was his long satirical ** "The Outer History of Confucianism". It took him nearly 20 years to complete this ** until he was 49 years old.

The 56 chapters of the book are connected by many vivid stories, which are all based on real people and real events. The central content of the book is to criticize the rigid examination system and the serious social problems caused by it.

Wu Jingzi's successful portrayal of the portraits of the feudal literati living in the last days of feudalism and the imperial examination system, as well as his vivid depiction of cannibalism, ritual religion and corruption, made him one of the outstanding writers of critical realism in the history of Chinese literature. "The Outer History of Confucianism" not only directly influenced modern condemnation**, but also had a profound inspiration for modern satirical literature. At present, "The Outer History of Confucianism" has been translated into English, French, German, Russian, Japanese and other languages, and has become a worldwide literary masterpiece.

Some foreign scholars believe that this is a work of satirical pedantic and showmanship, but it can be called a model of the world's most unquoted and poetic prose narrative. It can be compared with the works of Boccaccio in Italy, Cervantes in Spain, Balzac in France, etc.