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The Scholars

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Summary

The Scholars is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Wu Jingzi[3]
  • Language of work or name: written vernacular Chinese[4]
  • Country of origin: Qing dynasty[5]
  • Narrative location: Ming dynasty[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rulin Waishi[7]
  • Title: 儒林外史[8], Niedyskretna kronika mandarynów[9]
  • Set in period: 16th century[10]
  • Derivative work: Crying and Laughing Scholar[11]
  • P14541: 3x9yHw[12]

Why It Matters

The Scholars has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

literary work Ming dynasty Qing dynasty

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Q136534809. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ru', 'uk', 'ur', 'vi', 'zh', '
    Sitelink count → 17
    Derivative work → Crying and Laughing Scholar
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Crying and Laughing Scholar, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791729221400"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3x9yHw
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Country of origin → Qing dynasty
    Author → Wu Jingzi
    Country of origin → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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