倪瓒,他生活的年代,正是14世纪初叶至中叶时期。当时,元朝政府把统治下的人民分为四个等级,在选拔官吏以及刑罚上都有差别。地位最高的是蒙古族人,最低的是南人(指南宋遗民)。倪瓒就属于南人这一等级。另一方面,由于元统治者不重科举,导致汉族士人失去了提高社会地位、升官晋爵的主要途径,他们只有寻找新的出路。事实上,当时知识分子地位十分低下,有“九儒十丐”之说,也就是说儒生在社会等级中排第九,乞丐排第十。可见,在那时汉族知识分子的地位有多么低下。 Ni 瓒, the age of his life, it is the early to mid-14th century period. At that time, the government of the Yuan Dynasty divided the people under the rule into four ranks, which differed in the selection of officials and in the penalties. The highest status is Mongolian, the lowest is the South (Guide Song descendants). Ni 瓒 belongs to the South of this level. On the other hand, since the Yuan rulers neglected the imperial civil examinations, Han Chinese scholars lost the main way to improve their social status and their promotion to the Jazz, and they only looked for new ways out. In fact, at that time, the status of the intellectuals was very low and there was a saying “Nine Confucianism and Ten beggars,” which means that Confucians ranked ninth among the social ranks and tenth among the beggars. Visible, at that time the status of Han intellectuals how low.