儒林外史

殘本:僅收四十回(全書共五十六回)

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這是Boundary Bay Classics出版的《儒林外史》版本,吳敬梓創作,成書於十八世紀中葉(約1750年)的諷刺小說,描繪科舉制度下讀書人追逐功名的種種荒誕與人情冷暖,被譽為中國諷刺文學的開山之作。本版因唯一可得的公共領域文本來源不完整,僅收錄原著五十六回中的四十回,並保留原回目編號,未經重新編號。

About the author(s)

Qing-dynasty Chinese writer (1701–1754); his own frustrated career in the imperial examination system and his family's financial decline informed The Scholars, a landmark satire of Confucian scholar-officials.