Reading has been advocated in ancient times, so there is a so-called famous saying that "everything is inferior, only reading is high", which is used to lash out at young people, so they must read more books, gain fame, honor their ancestors and shine the lintel.
So there are a lot of people who have been studying all their lives, but they are still scholars after studying all their lives, and there are people who have finally been admitted to Juren, and then they don't know how to be happy, such as Fan Jin.
novels were particularly popular in Ming and Qing dynasties. naturally, there were many people who wrote novels and sold novels, relying on the words "scholar" to support their families.
Later, in modern times, some people named their children or teased them when they had nothing to do. They all put a book and other things in front of them to see if the children were suitable for reading. To be honest, this seems absurd now, but some people are willing to believe it.
Scholars can be respected because with ink in their bellies, they can understand many great truths. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, everyone hopes that there will be a few pen-wielding college students at home.
But as it turns out, character has little to do with whether there is ink in your stomach. Perhaps people hold those so-called intellectuals too high, and some people gradually lose themselves.