杰出小说家吴敬梓生前与真州朋友、原提督杨凯缔有交谊,堪为文士与官绅交往典型之一例。两人之间的交游,既使吴敬梓获得一定的精神慰藉和生活之需,也丰富了他的人生阅历,对其思想嬗变与诗歌创作都产生了微妙而积极的影响。其交游更为吴敬梓成功创作长篇讽刺小说《儒林外史》,潜心塑造汤奏(镇台)、汤奉(知县)等若干正反面典型人物形象,构拟诸多章回精采故事情节,积聚了丰富且珍贵的素材。 Wu Jingzi, an outstanding novelist, had friendships with true state friends and the former Prosecutor Yang Kai in his lifetime, making him one of the typical examples of the interaction between scribes and officials and gentry. The friendship between two people not only provided Wu Jingzi with certain spiritual comfort and life needs, but also enriched his life experience, which had a delicate and positive impact on the evolution of his thoughts and poetry. Wu Jingszi also succeeded in creating a long satirical novel “The Scholars”, devoting himself to creating a series of typical positive and negative figures such as Tang (Zhenti) and Tang (magistrate) counties, Precious material.