儒林 rúlín academic circles Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 儒林外史 rúlínwàishǐ The Scholars The Scholars; a famous satirical novel of the Qing Dynasty written by [[吴敬梓|吳敬梓|wu2 jing4 zi3]], which critiques the civil service examination system and the corruption of the scholar-official class