A Discussion of the Impression of the First Founder of Ming Dynasty From Various Perspectives in The Scholars

Zhu Yuanzhang,the first founder of Ming Dynasty,was a special or particular figure who exerted a tremendous influence upon both Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.The comments and judgements about this personage made by people from various social strata in The Scholars embody and reflect a comprehensive and three-dimensional impression of this historical figure.Imbued with rich and subtle cultural implications,they skilfully manifest the true aspects of the political and social situation in the flourishing age.By carefully examining the perspectives of the various characters in the novel and by exploring analyzing the rich and subtle cultural connotations behind their impression in combination with the relevant historical facts,we can see that as an intellectual of the Han nationality who was fair and just in handling affairs,Wu Jingzi was stamped with his complex of the first founder of Ming Dynasty,but he transcended narrow nationalism and made objective judgements by closely examining the image of the first founder from various perspectives,which represented the reflections of an intellectual of the Han nationality on his age and his transcendence of his epoch.