1 What's in the second master's open bag? What kind of person is Mr. Ma Er?
In The Scholars, two masters opened the bag and contained a pig's head weighing six or seven pounds. Mr. Ma Er is warm-hearted, and his scholarship is almost pedantic. The Scholars is a novel of Wu in Qing Dynasty. It was written in the 14th year of Qianlong (1749) or earlier, and now it has been handed down as a manuscript, which was first engraved in the 8th year of Jiaqing. "The Scholars" represents the peak of China's ancient satirical novels, which initiated the direct evaluation of real life with novels. "The Scholars" has been circulated since its publication, and is highly respected by future generations. Lu Xun believes that the ideological content of the book is to safeguard the public interest above all else and accuse the current disadvantages. Hu Shi believes that its artistic characteristics are refined. In international sinology, this book has a great influence. It has been handed down in English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Spanish and other languages for a long time and is praised by sinologists. Some people think that The Scholars is one of the masterpieces of world literature, comparable to the works of Boccaccio, Cervantes, Balzac or Dickens, and an outstanding contribution to world literature.