古时候读书人有一雅称,曰:文人.一般能诵读经文或尚好舞文弄墨的布衣平民固然也是以文人自居的,不过历史上流传下来的文人多半有一官半职在身,是兼做仕的文人,或称文士罢.古文人就是吾国古代的知识分子.他同现代的知识分子充当的社会角色很有些分别.现代的知识分子专事同知识、文化打交道,此乃社会分派给他的职业,让他过以文养生的知识生涯.古文人不同.他的职业是仕,也就是治理一方水土,报效国家社稷.由于这一层关系,文人有时候也被称作士. In ancient times, the scholar said: "The literati can generally read the scriptures or get dressed in commoner civilians although they are literary self-employed, but historically handed down most of the literati have an official post, Or call the scholar strike.The ancient literati is my ancient intellectuals.He and modern intellectuals act as social roles are very different.Modern intellectuals specializing in dealing with knowledge and culture, this is the social assigned to his occupation, Let him live a literate career as a literate man, different from the ancient literati, whose occupation is official, that is, governing one’s soil and soil and serving the country’s own country. Because of this layer of relations, literati are also sometimes referred to as scholars.