The Scholars
by Wu Ching-Tzu
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Author: Wu Ching-TzuEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-01
ISBN: 7119012134
Number of pages: 607
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
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Book Review: I Have the Columbia University Translation, But I Recommend The Story in Any Edition
Summary: 4 Stars
I have just begun reading, but I am totally encapitvatd. This is a very amusing tale, rather in the humorous spirit of "Journey to the West" (another which I've only just begun reading), and I am surprised how enjoyable they are. I was afraid it would be like reading Beowulf or Shakespeare, but the story was quite "modern" for the most part. That's what I want to say about this story: it's social satire and reads very well (likely due to the translation in many ways, no doubt; I have the Columbia University edition, which I suspect may be more lively than the one put out by the Bejing Foreign Languages Press). Reading this story is a wonderful and most educational contrast to learning about classical China in school. History is written by the elite, but this story has an Everyman's sensibility and pokes great fun at Chinese conventions and customs, many of which persist to this day.
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