"subject", subject; "Lift", select. That is, the system of selecting talents (officials and clerks) from candidates after examining a number of subjects.

In the early Sui Dynasty, the form and content of imperial examinations were relatively casual (which was also closely related to the way of establishing political power). Jinshi branch was established by Tang Shiwu's destiny: in the Tang Dynasty, the content of its investigation was poetry, supplemented by strategy; Song is a word in the early and late period of poetry and fu, which is bounded by Renzong Dynasty and supported by strategic papers. Imperial examination was not popular in most of the Yuan Dynasty. Eight-part essay and eight-part poem in Ming and Qing imperial examinations.