The main characters in The Scholars are: Wang Mian, Zhou Jin, Fan Jin, Yan Zhihe, Yan Zhizhong, Kuang Chaoren and Shen Qiongzhi.

1. Wang Mian

Wang Mian, a real figure in history, was adapted by the author accordingly. Wang Mian plays an important role in the novel. In the characterization of the whole novel, he laid the basic characteristics of the author's ideal characters. As a scholar and a "celebrity", Wang Mian embodies the spirit of China scholars.

2. Zhou Jin

Zhou Jin, who was originally a teacher, was very keen on the imperial examination, but unfortunately, in his sixties, he didn't even get a scholar. Out of pity, several businessmen pooled their money to help the poor old man donate a Guo Jian Zi. Later, as a Guo-zi-jian diploma, he won a promotion, and then a Jinshi, and went to Guangdong to be an official.

3. Fan Jin

Fan Jin was in his fifties. He didn't even pass the scholar's exam, and his family was poor. He was still wearing a light coat in the twelfth lunar month, and he was shivering with cold. When Zhou Jin saw him, he remembered the horror of his own years. Under appreciate each other, he was admitted as a scholar, and later he was admitted as a juren, so he staged a crazy farce of "Fan4 jin4".

4. Yan Zhihe

Yan Zhihe is a strict supervisor. In the Yongzheng Dynasty of Qing Dynasty, it was stipulated that Lin Sheng, a scholar, was chosen as a Gong Sheng after Lin Sheng and Lin Sheng, who was chosen as a supervisor after Lin Sheng, and at that time, some people failed to enter the government, state and county schools and wanted to take the exam.

You can donate a supervisor to participate in the rural examination, or directly donate a supervisor. This kind of situation is collectively referred to as construction donation or case supervision. Yan Jian-sheng hasn't read too many books, and he is also a Jian-sheng diploma who has spent money to donate.

5. Being strict with the middle school

Being strict with the middle school, a tribute student was called a tribute student after he entered the elementary school in the capital through examination and selection. This kind of people have a relatively high social status. Yan Gongsheng also looks down on his younger brother Yan Jiansheng because he is a tribute student. People in prison generally require "dignified learning and a long history of arts and sciences", but in the author's works, Yan Gongsheng is just the opposite. He is a real devil wears prada.

6. Kuang Superman

Kuang Superman, formerly known as Kuang Jiong, was born in Yueqing County, Wenzhou. Novels can be roughly divided into two kinds in the description of Kuang Superman's behavior, one is Kuang Superman who shows simplicity and filial piety, and the other is Kuang Superman who shows dehumanization. He was originally a simple rural boy, clever and diligent, and finally he became an ungrateful devil wears prada, seeking fame and fortune, selling friends and seeking glory.

7. Shen Qiongzhi

Shen Qiongzhi, the daughter of Shen Danian, a teacher, married Song Weifu, a salt merchant, as ordered by her father. However, it was not until Song Weifu, a salt merchant, came to know that it was a scam. Song Weifu, a salt merchant, originally married Shen Qiongzhi as his concubine. Qiongzhi's father sued Song Weifu, and Song heavily bribed the magistrate and sent Shen Danian back to Changzhou. Shen Qiongzhi went to Nanjing alone with gold and silver and began her new independent life.

Extended information:

The Scholars, a novel written by Wu Jingzi in the Qing Dynasty, was written in the 14th year of Qianlong (1749) or a little earlier, and was handed down from generation to generation by manuscript, and was first engraved in the 8th year of Jiaqing (183). It mainly describes the activities and mental outlook of intellectuals and officials and gentry in the late feudal society.

Fifty-six chapters of the book depict different expressions of various people about "fame and wealth" with realism. On the one hand, it truly reveals the process and reasons for the erosion of human nature, thus deeply criticizing and mocking the corruption of bureaucracy and the hypocrisy of imperial examinations at that time. On the one hand, it enthusiastically praised the protection of human nature made by a few characters in the way of adhering to self, thus embodying the author's ideal.

Wu Jingzi (171-1754), with the word Min Xuan, the word Wen Mu and the name Li Min, was one of the greatest novelists in the Qing Dynasty. Han nationality, from Quanjiao County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. Because of his family's "Wenmu Mountain House", he called himself "Wenmu Old Man" in his later years, and because he moved from his hometown of Quanjiao County, Chuzhou, Anhui Province to the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, he was also called "Qinhuai Guest".

In the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), the governor Zhao Guoke gave an answer to "erudite and generous words" and refused to go (he took the three-level local examinations of the college, the Fuyuan and the Duyuan, but did not postpone the examination due to illness). Moved to Jinling and became the leader of the literary world. He also gathered comrades to build the Pantheon at the foot of Yuhua Mountain, and worshipped 23 people below Taibo. If the capital is insufficient, the house you live in will be sold, and the family will benefit the poor. In his later years, he became an old man named Wenmu, a guest in Yangzhou, especially in drinking. Later he died among the guests.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-The Scholars

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Jingzi.