Answer: This statement is wrong. The imperial examination system lasted 1300 years from the establishment of Sui Dynasty to the abolition of Qing Dynasty, and its existence was indeed reasonable. First of all, the imperial examination system replaced the imperial examination system and the nine-grade system, which broke the situation that the gentry manipulated and monopolized the road to official career, so that the general public could gain fame through the imperial examination. Secondly, it also consolidated the mass base of the ruling class, expanded the source of talents, gave the central government the power to select candidates, and strengthened centralization. In addition, the imperial examination system combines the selection of scholars with the training of scholars. To be an official, you must pass the exam, but to take the exam, you must study, which has stimulated the development of school education to some extent. There is no denying that he is an excellent student and an official.

However, the negative factors brought by the imperial examination system can not be ignored. First, the content of imperial examinations is limited to Confucian classics, which greatly fetters students' thoughts and makes them "listen to things outside the window and concentrate on reading sage books", which is very harmful to the growth of ancient intellectuals in China. Second, the imperial examination system bound the intellectuals to the only way to be an official. "Everything is inferior, only reading is high." Third, the imperial examination has become the baton of school education, and schools will teach whatever they take in the examination, making schools completely subservient to the imperial examination system, which is not conducive to the play of school education.