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Definition of Literati

Literati
Literati Lit`e*ra"ti, n. pl. [See Literatus.] Learned or literary men. See Literatus. Shakespearean commentators, and other literati. --Craik.
Literati
Literatus Lit`e*ra"tus, n.; pl. Literati. [L. litteratus, literatus.] A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural. Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed. --De Quincey.

Meaning of Literati from wikipedia

- or literati of imperial/medieval China Qing literati Literati painting, also known as the southern school of painting, developed by Chinese literati The...
- Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition...
- Literati purges is a translation of the Korean term sahwa (Korean: 사화 士禍), whose literal meaning is "scholars' calamity." It refers to a series of political...
- The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats (Chinese: 士大夫; pinyin: shì dàfū), were government officials and...
- Qing literati (wenren Chinese:文人) were scholars in the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) educated in the Confucian curriculum, the "Four Books and Five classics"...
- Literati is an Austin-based children's book club and subscription service. The company sends monthly boxes to subscribers, with books organized by age...
- (Chinese: 南宗画; pinyin: nán zōng huà) of Chinese painting, often called "literati painting" (文人画; wén rén huà), is a term used to denote art and artists...
- been a curse. In Joseon Korea (1392–1910), the intellectuals were the literati, who knew how to read and write, and had been designated, as the chungin...
- Sámuel Literáti Nemes (1796–1842), Transylvanian-Hungarian antiquarian, infamous for many forgeries which even deceived some of the most renowned Hungarian...
- Chandigarh Literati or Chandigarh Literature Festival is a literary festival held in Chandigarh, India. It is organised by the Chandigarh Literary Society...