| The study object of the paper is the Number One Scholar in Suzhou area during Ming and Qing dynasty. From this special angle of view, the paper discuses the imperial examinations and the main affection it gives to Chinese literature, names a kind of literature: literature for imperial examinations. The paper also analyzes the affection from the area and family to the Number One Scholar's writing.It is said that Suzhou is the hometown of Number One Scholars. In Ming and Qing dynasty, it gave forth to so many Number One Scholars that they could be called a colony. One of the reason of this special phenomena was been given in this paper by analyzing the economy, the society, the education, the print, the public and private library etc of Suzhou. The special area gives special characteristic to the Number One Scholars's literatures. The writings written by them looks are all elegance, peaceful, beautiful and clear.The other reason comes from the families of the Number One Scholars. Almost all of them come from a rich or noble family. Some of the families even have a system of books written by the family members. The tradition of the family affects them so much that not only in writing but also in being a man, they follow their ancestors.As a Number One Scholar, they have been trained as a government official since they were children. Most of their writings are about the country and people. No one can write just for himself. This characteristic is also the characteristic of thewhole Chinese literature. This tradition of literature been defended by imperial examinations by ordering the rule of examinations.Hereinbefore, the paper describes the colony of the Number One Scholar in Suzhou in general. At the second part, it gives two special examples: Shen shi-xing and Peng qi-feng. The paper analyzes their experiences in their lives and discusses their writings in detail. From these two persons, the characteristics of the Number One Scholars in Suzhou area are clearer to be seen.
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