Fan Jin Analysis

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During the Ming and Qing Dynasty, under the circumstance of which the absolute monarchy reached its peak progressively, two trends of thoughts appeared in China: Firstly, the old personnel selection system (Imperial Examination System) appeared be so rigid that the authority of intellectuals and social elites was challenged and questioned by the masses; secondly, the evaluation of merchant class from officials to civilians was gradually changed due to the growth of commerce in China – the highly developed agriculture and handicraft industry leads to abundant resources in the society, that trend laid the foundation to the exchange of goods. “Wu Jingzi: From The Scholars – Fan Jin Passes The Juren Examination” is an excerpt from Rulin Waishi, …show more content…

The story of Fan Jin reveals the difficulty of social mobility. By depicting Fan’s twenty-four-year in taking the basic examination and his personal poverty, the author indicates how hard it can be for a low-level people to achieve his success. Additionally, the description of people around Fan Jin vividly demonstrates the contempt for people who are without power and wealthy and the adulation to people who are with wealth and political rights. Last, but not least, Wu obtains a strong desire to irony the imperial examination system. Therefore, he describes the mental disorder of Fan Jin in order to depict the nature of the examination – to let people have more knowledge or to let people have psychiatry- and the content of exanimation in order to reveal the useless of the personnel selection …show more content…

Secondly, the existence of merchant may maintain the stability in border areas (South-East). And the oversea trade is also an extremely part of the tribute system that can display China’s powerfulness. Lastly，the author calls for lax of business environment and tax policy with the expectation of trade

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