the literati , also: literati

He had friends among the literati, especially those who were poets.

Western works were translated into Chinese and read by the literati.

Founded in 1894, it quickly became a magnet for the literati.

And though it's not even for sale yet, it has already taken the literati by storm!

I did some canvassing to see what the literati made of such claims.

It became a centre for the young, the radical, and the literati of that city.

In the process, a split appeared within the movement, never too large or well liked among the literati to begin with.

"Since when is he a member of the literati?"

Some of the literati protested that the comparison was in poor taste.

In the South, the ancient classics absorbed the attention of the literati.

Not too long ago, the sale of a publishing company was enough to get the literati marching.

The glamorous world of the literati is something Jin himself knows little about.

On the other hand, the literati world view was calculated, refined and hierarchical.

So for the literati, withdrawing was a respectable and necessary alternative.

The literati attitude toward withdrawal can not be understood in contemporary Western terms.

Most of the professional classes in the region, the literati, were German-speakers.

It is not so much that the literati defined new esthetic principles.

But the appeal of purple clay to the literati did not stop with the raw material.

The literati had a dream of returning home to nature, the source of life.

In a world experienced by the literati as beyond individual control, the study represented the possibility of an absolutely controlled environment.

This is hardly the first time that the literati have worried about the demise of book publishing.

The premises were notoriously small, but exceptionally popular with the literati of that period.

There's also nothing else to be done on the Literati: you can read books, view documents, or buy books.

The literati showed both literary connoisseurship and the affection of fans.

The literati had more than a touch of primitivism.