There were more than 700 top scholars in ancient China. Why didn't many people make great literary achievements?

Because these people were studying at that time because they wanted to be an official, glorifying their ancestors, and were assigned official positions after being admitted to the top scholar at that time, they achieved their goal, so no one devoted themselves to studying literature, instead of continuing to devote themselves to studying literature and making achievements in literature, because it is meaningless to make achievements at this time. Only when they make achievements, people will think that this is a useful person.

At that time, poor scholars studied hard at the cold window for more than ten years, all in order to honor their ancestors in being the top scholar one day, and also to embark on the road of being an official. Eating a state banquet is a great thing. Then, for those who have this idea, after they win the top prize, they wait for the imperial court to assign them an official position immediately, and then they achieve their own purpose of studying.

After work, I won't concentrate on reading and studying literature, because I need to work and support my family. Even reading is limited, because reading at this time is to improve yourself and help your future career. It is impossible to study literature completely. Now this society is also like this. Many people who have already worked go to the postgraduate entrance examination not to learn new achievements, but to increase their academic qualifications, which is more helpful for future work.

On the contrary, those who didn't pass the exam were very angry and felt that they didn't display their talents, so they continued to concentrate on learning culture and ignored worldly things, and then most of them achieved good results in the end.