An ancient scholar who is sensible, filial, studious, virtuous and despises powerful people. In The Scholars, Wang Mian was very filial because his father died young and his family was poor. He lived by herding cattle since he was a child, but he didn't continue to go to school. But he was gifted, self-taught, read poetry books, and asked the university for astronomical geography history. He sells paintings to earn money to support his family and honor his mother. Wang Mian is aloof, despises powerful people and doesn't follow the crowd. He neither seeks fame nor makes friends. He studied behind closed doors all day, imitated Qu Yuan's clothes, and took his mother everywhere, regardless of other people's comments. He refused the invitation of dignitaries and the recruitment of the court and chose to live in seclusion. Wang Mian is a benchmark and a mirror set by Wu in The Scholars. His detached temperament and attitude of refusing fame and fortune are in sharp contrast with those who were led astray by the imperial examination system, pedantic and humble, and entrusted the author's ideal.