成书于十八世纪的描写明代儒林士人生活和精神状态的讽刺小说《儒林外史》与成书于五世纪的《世说新语》虽然年代相差一年多年,但二书中所描写的人物却有许多相通之处,作者吴敬梓身受“世说精神”影响,在《儒林外史》中塑造了具有魏晋名士风度的一系列人物。 The satirical novel “The Scholars”, written in the 18th century, describing the life and spiritual state of the Scholars in the Ming Dynasty, and “Shi Shuo Xin Yu”, which was written in the 5th century, although the years differ by more than a year, the characters depicted in the two books There are many similarities. The author Wu Jingzi is influenced by “Spirit of the World” and created a series of characters with the Wei and Jin celebrities in The Scholars.