A scholar refers to a learned person. "Red" is a huge bird, so it means "big"; Confucianism was originally a group of intellectuals who were differentiated from witchcraft, history, divination and divination in ancient times, and were familiar with poetry, books, rituals and music and served the nobility. Later, it generally refers to literati and scholars.

Wang Chong regards "learning" as an ideal training goal. His training objectives: firstly, he is a "scholar" because he can think independently and write books; The second is "literati", who can master knowledge and engage in political work.

The third is "connecting people", which can show the past and present; The fourth kind is "Confucian scholars", who have only a part of knowledge and are only a little better than the laity. They are neither "tired" nor "virtuous". He thinks that "Confucian scholars" are unpopular in society.

He is not satisfied with cultivating "generalists" and "literati", but advocates cultivating "scholars". This is a reflection of his dissatisfaction with the Confucian classic education at that time. He believes that sticking to chapters and sentences can only cultivate students with chapters and sentences, which is useless to society; Only by cultivating "great scholars" who are knowledgeable in ancient and modern times, write books and stand out from the crowd can they be beneficial to society. This idea of cultivating creative talents is very insightful.

Wang Chong's "On Nature": "It can be said that the master is a Confucian scholar; It is an ordinary person who exposes the past and present; The reporter who picks books and plays books above is a scholar; People who can seriously think about article writing and text cohesion are scholars. Therefore, Confucian scholars are better than laymen, ordinary people are better than Confucian scholars and scholars are better than ordinary people. "

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Wang Hanchong's On the Essence of Balance: "From Mencius to Liu Zizheng, I have heard a lot about scholars and literati."

Don Liu Yuxi's "Humble Room Inscription": "There are great scholars who talk and laugh, and there is no Ding Bai."

Wu Shanzan in Ming Dynasty: "Wu Shan and other pavilions once lived in Taiwan Province Province and were so-called literati in Ci Yuan and Temple."

Xia Yan's strength and cleverness: "It seems that artists who are considered inferior are well aware of their ignorance."