Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 510 506. Comments on "Grand Scholar"

What I recommend to you today is the masterpiece of the great writer Yi Shanjin.

"The Grand Scholar", Yishanjin, a great writer.

Category: History - Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

【Introduction】

The romantic stories of the Ming Dynasty.

The men and women who ate and drank in ancient times.

The officialdom ecology four hundred years ago.

A young man who traveled back to the Jiajing Dynasty.

【Golden Five Chapters】

Chapter One: Revisiting the Fifteenth Year of the Zhengde Period. The protagonist, Sun Dan, was a staff member at the County Chronicles Office in his previous life. Struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, he traveled back to the fifteenth year of the Zhengde Period in the Ming Dynasty, becoming impoverished. His previous research on the Confucian Temple and the imperial examinations has all been wasted. Crucially, he can no longer return.

Chapter 2, Zhi Niang. Wan Zhi Niang was the protagonist's fiancée, given to him when his father died. Consequently, all the Sun family's wealth and property went to the Wan family, leaving only Zhi Niang, born to a concubine, to mourn and serve the protagonist. Consequently, the protagonist wasn't particularly kind to her, but Zhi Niang, a devoted wife, always treated him well.

Chapter 3: Ding Yi. The protagonist dreams of a hard drive in his head, storing all sorts of data downloaded from his past life. Awakening with a start, he sees Zhi Niang working late into the night spinning cloth to avoid his Ding Yi. At this time, the Ming Dynasty urgently needs soldiers to transport grain and fodder from the Grand Canal to Jiangnan for Emperor Zhengde. The protagonist, having completed his mourning period, cannot be exempted. With no money or achievements, Ding Yi is a real headache.

Chapter 4, Wan the Butcher. The protagonist has figured out how to survive in the Ming Dynasty and gets out of bed. However, there's no rice left at home, so there's no breakfast. He and Zhi Niang arrive at the Wan's butcher shop. Butcher Wan sees them and, before the protagonist can even begin to speak, scolds Zhi Niang. He refuses to lend the protagonist any money, no matter what.

Chapter 5: Borrowing Money. Zhi Niang insists on borrowing money from the protagonist's father to help him avoid conscription, which would otherwise put him in grave danger. However, the protagonist, angry that the butcher Wan treated her daughter as a human being, refuses to lend the money. Zhi Niang threatens her father with a knife, which forces him to relent. The protagonist, for some reason, refuses to lend the money.

【Brief Comment】

Yi Shanjin is a great writer, and has written 11 works including "Grand Scholar", "National Scholar" and "The Era of Golden Years".

The best performing one is "Grand Scholar", which can be said to have reached its peak as soon as it debuted.

本书起点收藏23万，书城收藏1.2万，粉丝数40万。创作于2010年7月至2011年4月，全书149万字。

This Ming Dynasty novel centers on studying, imperial examinations, and politics. The protagonist, Sun Dan, originally worked on county annals, collecting a vast amount of historical data, particularly from the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty. He's incredibly familiar with Ming Dynasty history, with over 50GB of information readily available in his head, perfect for studying for the imperial examinations.

His fiancée Zhiniang was 17, and he was 16, so they were pretty much dependent on each other. To avoid the military service, he humbly went to his father-in-law to ask for money, but because he couldn't stand his father-in-law's face, he got carried away and left.

Afterwards, he found a way to establish a relationship with the Sun family, obtained money, found a good opportunity, studied for the imperial examination, and eventually became a university scholar. His life, which began in poverty and ended in glory, was the pinnacle of life for a scholar at that time.

The book is written in a plain style, with detailed historical materials and solid writing. The author is honest and does not engage in any brainless pretense. He writes an upright historical novel.

Although there are quite a few typos and minor logical errors, overall it is still worth reading.

After all, ten years have passed, and there are still so many collections and fans, proving that everyone still recognizes this book.

However, the performance of his recent realistic works is not very ideal, and is even worse than my short story "Cang's Ramblings".

I don’t know what this great writer has gone through to fall from the high altar of online literature to this point.

【to sum up】

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment!

I’m Cang Yiwei, and I’m here to promote “Cang’s Ramblings”!
Welcome to the paradise of book reviews.

【Cang's Ramblings】

I've been looking for some good historical novels lately.

Maybe because I’m getting older, I want to experience the wisdom of the ancients from historical novels.

As a result, I found a lot of system documents, but I was helpless.

If you have any good recommendations, please let me know.

Good stuff, you must learn to analyze it.

After all, this is a skill that kindergarten teachers teach!
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