Is Fortress Besieged a history book? In other words, does it belong to the humanities and social sciences?

Fortress Besieged is a book of humanities and social sciences.

Fortress Besieged is praised as a modern scholar by many people because Qian Zhongshu satirizes intellectuals incisively and vividly in this novel. This satire is due to the times and human nature, and also to Qian Zhongshu's personal reasons. Let's start with personal reasons. Qian Zhongshu is a rare genius, at the same time, he is also the purest scholar, who has the deepest investment in learning and can't tolerate any hypocrisy and Machiavellian in academic circles. Under this gaze, it is hard for ordinary so-called "scholars" to be ridiculous. For example, he often satirizes literati copying cards. The number one clown Li in Fortress Besieged has a tin card box. In fact, it is quite commendable that a teacher is willing to work hard to copy cards, but in Qian Zhongshu's view, reading without putting it in his mind is a big joke.