What are the classic satires in literary works?

There are also many satirical and critical works in all kinds of literary works, pointing directly at the morbid society at that time and attacking the rule of those in power, such as Balzac's novel Grandet, Wu's Scholars, Feng Menglong's collection of vernacular novels, Warning Book and so on.

Eugenie Grandet tells the story of a miser. It tells how stingy and greedy Grandet is in his ordinary life. Not only foreigners, but also servants and even his own relatives, including his wife and children, are very stingy. He is unwilling to spend money on them. Even if he is ill, he doesn't want to spend money to see a doctor, and he has to take all his property with him anyway. This novel shows the monetarism in French society at that time, and attacks the mercenary and unscrupulous capitalism at that time.

There are also many short stories in The Scholars, all of which attack the social form at that time. Among them, Jin Fan Zhong Ju is the most famous short story in this book, which tells the different performances before and after Jin Fan Zhong Ju. Before he was elected, he was timid and obedient to Nuo Nuo. However, after he made a recommendation, he immediately acted like a man, looking down on others and being above others. This kind of story directly hit the feudal social form at that time, showing the harm of stereotyped writing and the disadvantages of feudal selection system.

The story of Jingshi is composed of many novels, among which Du Shiniang's angry chest in our previous Chinese book is also in the story of Jingshi. The novel Du Shiniang's Wrath Box directly shows the oppression of women by society at that time. At that time, women were like an object, which could be bought and sold at will without any freedom.