Wu Jingzi was a Chinese novelist during the Qing dynasty. He was born in the city now known as Quanjiao, Anhui, and died in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. He was the author of The Scholars, often seen as the foremost Chinese satiric novel. He lived from 1701 to 1754. He was born into a well-to-do family, obtained the xiucai degree in 1720, and moved to Nanjing after being criticized for wasting his family fortune. He was poor by the age of thirty-two and gave up ambition and the examinations.
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was a Chinese novelist during the Qing dynasty
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Wu Jingzi (Wu Ching-tzu) (1701
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January 11, 1754) was a Chinese novelist during the Qing dynasty. He was born in the city now known as Quanjiao, Anhui and who died in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. He was the author of The Scholars, often seen as the foremost Chinese
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