Today the influence of neo-Confucian thought can be seen in Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan, and the "literati" concept is as powerful as ever. In these places, the pressures to advance in school have similarly become world famous.
今天凡儒家文化影響所及之地，如台灣、大陸，乃至韓國、日本等，士大夫觀念盛行不衰，在這些地方，升學壓力也同樣國際聞名。