顾炎武引用宋代刘挚训示子孙的话“士当以器识为先,一号为文人,无足观矣!”然后评价说:“然则以文人名于世,焉足重哉?此扬子云所谓‘摭我华而不食我实’者也。”从这样的表达中可以看出来,顾炎武很是看不起文人。中国历代,文人辈出,其中不乏功标后世、造福百姓、道德高尚、著作传世、名垂青史之人,倘若没有这样的人,中国文化则变得大为逊色,甚至中国历史也会改写。那么,同样作为“文人”的顾炎武为什么会看不起他们呢? Gu Yanwu quoted the words of Liu Zhi of the Song Dynasty to show offspring words: “When a practitioner takes an understanding as the first one as a literati, he has no qualms!” Then he said: “However, The so-called cloud of cloud 我 I do not eat my reality who also. ”From this expression can be seen, Gu Yanwu is looking down on the literati. In ancient China, literati came out in large numbers. Among them are many who succeeded for generations to benefit the common people, their noble morality, their writings handed down, and those who hold the reputation of history. Without such a person, Chinese culture would become greatly inferior and even Chinese history would be rewritten. So, Gu Yanwu, who also acts as a “scholar,” why they despise them?