1, ancient scholars can usually make a living by learning from ignorance, that is to say, they can find a small room in the countryside to educate primary school students. This is called learning from ignorance! To be a primary school teacher now, you must have at least a junior college diploma, and the make-up classes in society require higher academic qualifications for candidates. From this, we can generally know that a scholar's ability to make a living is probably equivalent to a college or technical secondary school education in today's society.

2. Ancient literati is a kind of fame and has its political status. Although he didn't get an official position through the imperial examination, above the imperial court, a scholar can call himself a student without kneeling. On position: Scholar is a department-level reserve cadre, Juren is a department-level reserve cadre, and Jinshi is a department-level reserve cadre. It is completely different from the current academic education. It's like people who have entered a university and studied for a bachelor's degree or a master's degree can find a job, but it's difficult to get an official position through the civil service examination. Scholars in ancient times were not qualified to be awarded official positions, but today they have to take an examination of a civil servant or find a better job, at least with a bachelor's degree. It can be seen that a scholar's political and social status is at least equivalent to a bachelor's degree.

3) Scholar was the lowest-level intellectual in the ancient imperial examination, which was the most important talent selection examination in the country at that time, equivalent to the current college entrance examination. The lowest level of higher education is junior college, so today's junior college diploma can be compared with scholar. According to statistics, a county produces an average of five scholars a year, and the degree of rarity can be imagined. Now, it's simply too easy to go to college for graduate study. In terms of population proportion and comprehensive quality, the rarity of people who can be admitted to scholar in ancient times is estimated to be equivalent to that of doctors now!

To sum up, a scholar's intelligence is equivalent to a graduate student, his diploma is at least equivalent to a junior college, and his earning power is at least equivalent to a junior college or technical secondary school education in today's society. According to the rarity, it is comparable to a university professor, and according to the knowledge of literature and history, it is comparable to a doctor in the Chinese Department. On natural science, it is not as good as the current primary school graduates. However, in social status, there is a big gap between the current undergraduate course and the ancient scholar. Generally speaking, a scholar is equivalent to a college graduate in today's society, and a scholar is equivalent to a college graduate being successfully admitted to a civil servant.