The imperial examination system was invented in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and later became the main official selection system in feudal society, which was used until the end of Qing Dynasty. In A.D. 1904, the imperial examination was held in Qing Dynasty, and Liu Chunlin High School ranked first. In the second year, the imperial examination system was abolished, so Liu Chunlin became the last scholar in China!

As the last No.1 scholar in China, Liu Chunlin's No.1 scholar status is actually "accidental income", which involves a story!

1in July, 904, the Qing government held a court examination according to the usual practice, and the examiner arranged the selected papers in order of ranking and presented them to Empress Dowager Cixi, who was the top scholar.

Empress Dowager Cixi was very happy. The handwriting on the top paper was very neat and gorgeous, and the literary talent was very good. Just when she was about to be named the number one scholar, she found out that it was Zhu Ruzhen from Guangdong. The word "Zhen" reminded her of Zhen Fei, and her anger suddenly came up. In addition, the author of this test paper is from Guangdong, and the reformists Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao are all from Guangdong, which makes Cixi even more angry. Just throw this test paper aside, and the position of the number one scholar was missed by Zhu Ruzhen of Guangdong.

The second one is Liu Chunlin's test paper. Not only did he answer the test paper well, but his handwriting was neat and his name was good. The word "chunlin" contains auspicious meaning. Empress Dowager Cixi was elated and decided to make Liu Chunlin the top scholar.

After winning the first prize in Liu Chunlin High School, he was awarded the official position of imperial academy and was sent to study in Japan the following year. After returning to China, he was entrusted with an important position by the Qing government.

19 1 1 year, the Revolution of 1911 broke out and the Qing Dynasty perished! Because of his profound knowledge and high prestige, he served as the literature and history of the presidential palace of Yuan Shikai, Li and others (almost the official position of the secretary-general), and was later appointed as the director of the education department of Zhili Province. During his tenure in these years, Liu Chunlin was deeply dissatisfied with the Beiyang government, which prompted him to resign and retire in Beiping on 1928.

After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces and supported Puyi to establish the puppet Manchukuo. In order to win people's hearts, the Puppet Manchukuo invited Liu Chunlin to the three northeastern provinces in the name of Puyi, who served as the education minister of the Puppet Manchukuo, but Liu Chunlin sternly refused.

After the July 7th Incident, the Japanese army occupied Beiping City and wanted to use the name of the top scholar Liu Chunlin as a signboard. They specially invited him to be the mayor of Beijing, but Liu Chunlin refused. The Japanese failed to persuade many times and became angry from embarrassment, so they sent Japanese puppet troops to copy Liu Chunlin's home and drove his family out of the residence (after that, they spent a lot of money to intercede, and the family was able to return to their residence).

1944, Liu Chunlin died of a heart attack at the age of 72!