The influence of ancient imperial examination system on the development of China's culture and education: (1) The imperial examination system cultivated and maintained the traditional culture of China, pushed Confucianism to all levels of society and became the spiritual core of China's traditional culture; The imperial examination system strengthened the cultural tradition of emphasizing reading and writing, promoted the development of school education and brought up a large number of outstanding cultural talents. (2) The imperial examination system also restricted and restricted the development of China culture. The imperial examination system consumed almost all the scholars' energy, making reading and being an official the ultimate goal of the intellectual class and causing the abnormal development of traditional culture. The imperial examination system greatly safeguarded the absolute monarchy. Under the pressure of absolute monarchy, the imperial examination system has become a tool to stifle talents. The imperial examination system strengthened the cultural tradition of heavy reading, promoted the development of school education and produced a large number of outstanding cultural talents. China has always attached importance to education, historical and cultural knowledge and the artistry of language and literature in ancient times. Under the imperial examination system, examination is the basic way to select officials, and the content of examination is Confucian classics and poetry. Only by studying hard at a cold window can ordinary people realize their desire to be among the upper classes of society. Therefore, the school education linked to the imperial examination was regarded as a preparatory place for imperial examination talents in ancient times. The old adage of "learning to be an excellent official" was truly reflected in the imperial examination system after the Tang and Song Dynasties, which formed the traditional quality of China people attaching importance to education and studying hard. Among the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, the most important is the imperial examination, which mainly tests poetry and prose. Driven by the interests of selecting scholars in poetry and fu, the creative enthusiasm of Tang people was high, and the formation of poetry and fu really had a considerable relationship with the imperial examination system. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination changed from emphasizing poetry and fu to emphasizing classics, righteousness, strategy and theory, and the strategy written in ancient Chinese became the decisive result in the imperial examination. Ouyang Xiu, a master of prose, discovered and promoted a group of talented ancient prose writers through the imperial examination, and ancient prose creation became the mainstream of literature in the Song Dynasty. Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the ancient prose movement has started. So far, victory has been achieved. The Tang and Song Dynasties witnessed the maturity of the imperial examination system and the vigorous development of China traditional culture. In the middle Tang Dynasty, with the expansion of imperial examinations, a large number of talents such as Liu Zongyuan, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Han Yu and Ada poured into official career. In the Song Dynasty, more emphasis was placed on the imperial examination system, and the status and treatment of scholars were unprecedentedly improved. Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Fan Zhongyan, Su Shi and Sima appeared. They are all scholars. It can be seen from the above that the imperial examination system had a positive impact on the culture of Tang and Song Dynasties. The imperial examination system was once a fair, reasonable, active and effective system for selecting officials in ancient China, which played a great historical role in maintaining national traditional culture and ensuring the reunification of China. However, with the passage of time, its negative factors have become increasingly prominent. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial examination system had become the shackles of cultural development. It has become a tool to kill talents. Under the monarchy, social, economic and cultural life are restricted by rights, and political status is the basis of all social status. The imperial examination has provided the possibility for people, especially children from poor families, to rise, so studying, taking exams and being an official have become the ideal road for ordinary scholars. Although a few people can become top scholars, most scholars have experienced the frustration of dying in the imperial examination. Eight-part essay is the standard examination style in Ming Dynasty. The full text is divided into eight parts, with a total of no more than 700 words, which must follow the fixed style of Chinese and American literature in Confucian classics. According to the old orthodoxy, the imperial examination has become a rigid "standard" classic, which must be discussed mechanically and rigidly in the form of eight-part essay, completely killing imagination and creativity. Since the Han Dynasty, many famous literary talents have often left Sun Shan, and the failure rate of examinations has risen rapidly. Because the system itself lacks the flexibility to accommodate more and more people with lofty ideals. In addition, Confucian classics, literature and history are the main contents of the imperial examination, so the scope of study of scholars will not be separated from these subjects, but knowledge and culture closely related to people's livelihood, such as art, science and technology, will be ignored because they are far away from the imperial examination. The weakness of artistic thinking and scientific thinking leads to the national culture staying at the level of experience and practicality for a long time. National culture lacks the motivation and vitality for healthy development. The imperial examination system is an important part of China's feudal political system. The Sui Dynasty lasted 1300 years from its establishment to its abolition in the late Qing Dynasty, and was deeply rooted in the historical soil of feudal society. The imperial examination system had a far-reaching impact on the social politics, ideological culture and education of China at that time and later, especially when it was combined with school education. Making school education a vassal of imperial examination system had a great influence on ancient education in China. It can be said that ancient education in China was imperial examination education from Sui and Tang Dynasties. As the imperial examination system with the longest use time, the most perfect institutionalization and the widest influence in China feudal society, its appearance is undoubtedly a great achievement in the history of official system in China. However, the imperial examination system itself has its drawbacks. Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, it can be said that its ultimate goal is not to select talents with real talents and practical learning, but to cultivate "obedient people" and "slaves". With strict and rigid content regulations and particularly complicated writing style, it ranks intellectuals' ideological talents under feudal principles and ethics and consumes them in empty and useless formats. "The imperial examination must be taught by the school" makes the school education completely a vassal of the imperial examination system, thus making it a vassal of the ancient education in China.