The Yuan Dynasty began with 127 1, but the imperial examination system of the Yuan Dynasty began with the reign of the Mongolian Empire, namely 1238. For some reasons, the imperial examination system in Yuan Dynasty was abolished for a period of time, and then it was re-implemented in 13 15. The implementation of the imperial examination system in Yuan Dynasty was full of twists and turns, which had a great influence on the imperial examination system.

Pictures of imperial examination system in yuan dynasty

There is basically no innovation in the imperial examination system in the Yuan Dynasty, and there is no difference in form from that in the Song Dynasty. In terms of content, the only feature is that the imperial examination system in Yuan Dynasty paid more attention to the examination of "Jing". The imperial examination system in the Yuan Dynasty was very strict. Instead of carrying forward the advantages of this system, it magnifies its shortcomings, making the negative impact of this system far greater than the positive impact. The imperial examination system in Yuan Dynasty paid too much attention to scripture in content, which led to more and more rigid thinking about the world. Moreover, the so-called "hierarchical system" and the system of sealing Hou in the Yuan Dynasty were not relatively fair, so it did not produce the due effect brought by this system.

This "grade" refers not to the examination grade of the imperial examination system in the Yuan Dynasty, but to the grade of candidates. The Yuan Dynasty divided the people into four classes, among which Mongolians were the first class, people living near Mongolians were the second class, Han people were the third class, and some Han people and ethnic minorities south of the Yangtze River were the fourth class. At the time of admission, the government will choose the number of students according to their grades.

The imperial examination system in Yuan Dynasty had little influence in this dynasty. On the one hand, the royal family paid little attention to this system and held it less often. On the other hand, there were some deformities in society at that time. At that time, many Han Chinese hated Mongols and didn't want to work in the imperial court, so they didn't take part in the imperial examination. Among all feudal dynasties, the Yuan Dynasty paid the least attention to the selection of literati, which was caused by the ruling class and social internal factors.

What is the purpose of the imperial examination system?

In China's early years, I was very worried about whether I could select suitable talents, but finally the emperor came up with a very good solution, which is a term that people are very familiar with now, called the imperial examination system.

Pictures of imperial examination system

Speaking of the purpose of the imperial examination system, it is actually very simple. The big aspect is for the stability of the country and the better development of society. In addition, it can strengthen the rule of the emperor. Therefore, from a small point of view, the implementation of the imperial examination system is for the people of the whole country to play their own talents, to play their own talents in building the country and to make the country develop better. Therefore, in general, the purpose of the imperial examination system is to select talents and strengthen and consolidate the emperor.

But from another point of view, the imperial examination system actually has another purpose, which is very small compared with the first two purposes. That is, in order to effectively curb some corrupt behaviors bred by the imperial examination system at that time, the imperial examination system was actually implemented before it was implemented. However, because so many officials took bribes in order to obtain higher profits during the imperial examination system, truly talented people could not serve the imperial court. Therefore, in order to curb the deterioration of this phenomenon, the emperor decided to implement the imperial examination system, so in a sense, the implementation of the imperial examination system is actually to correct the mistakes made by the imperial examination system. To sum up, the imperial examination system has three main purposes. The first is to correct the mistakes in the imperial examination system, the second is to select talents, and the third and most important point is to consolidate the rights of the emperor.

Grades of Imperial Examination System in Qing Dynasty

The Qing dynasty had strict requirements for the imperial examination, which should be graded. You can only get an A if you pass all the exams.

In addition, the third-level exam is a national exam, which is held in the spring after the provincial exam, so it is also called the spring exam. The only person who can take this exam is Gong's family after successfully passing, and the first place in this exam is Hui Yuan. The contents of the above three-level exams are generally eight-part essays and poems, and the four books and five classics occupy a more important part. The CET-4 is a palace exam, presided over by the emperor. Gong students test the palace, the problem. After that, the emperor personally called the roll. As long as you succeed, you will become a scholar, ranking first, second and second respectively.