Research Of Scholars’ Activity In Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination

The imperial examination has lasted for about1300years since it has been found in Tang dynasty and abolished in Qing dynasty. The imperial examination has made a far-reaching influence on china. The education idea of "After acquiring achievements from study then to be an officer" has become the reality with the establishment of the imperial examination. The imperial examination system was created to get rid of flaws of "the Nine-rank system" thus selected the talented person that the royal government needs through the unification test. Compared with the recommend system and grade system, the imperial examination system highlighted fairness and justness, indeed played a critical role in suppressing powerful family and promoting civilian in the history. Based on the imperial examination of Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty imperial examination developed more rigorous and systematic. As the government selected scholars by the imperial examination, official by the imperial examination was seemed as a right path distinguished from the other different ways.The Qing dynasty imperial examination was based on the principle of fair and justice, all of the ordinary scholars could take part in the imperial examination to compete with each other except a small number of so-called cheap memberships. It’s a great spur to the scholars of poor family and also a true picture of social mobility that in the morning the one who is a farmer, but in the evening the one who is the officer in the emperor’s court."A court was full of officials were scholars" depicted a brilliant picture for those who were climbing on the road of imperial examination. The imperial court selected scholars by imperial examination and the scholars read for the imperial examination because if they succeeded they would rise to fame and enjoy mealth and honor. Not only the ordinary family but also the powerful family was depending the imperial examination to keep or promote their family. Content, formula, the examiner and the result of the imperial examination were all determined by the emperor, and those who succeeded could examined by the emperor himself called the emperor’s student.It’s really a long period for the Scholars to become official through imperial examination. Scholars must being fully prepared could able to stand out in the thousands of candidates before examination in order to achieve personal ambition and family honor. The word that "The fragrance of apricot in February and the sweet-scented osmanthus in august" was manifesting the scholars obsessing with imperial examination. The light of midnight and the crows before the dawn witness the scholars’tireless efforts to succeeding in imperial examination. Even if must to endure the humiliation of body searching, scholars were still brave to go straight forward on the way of imperial examination. However, the country selected only limited scholars for official position, only a few lucky person could success, most of them have to accept failure in the end. Scholars who succeeded will accept the local people and family’s congratulations and government’s reward. But those who failed only crying back the wall, then they have to expect the next time examination or choose other way to live. The article primarily through description and analysis of the Qing dynasty scholars’activities in test study preparation, before and after take examination to show the history scene and from the point of view of activity to strength the recognition and understanding of Qing dynasty imperial examination, thus could have more profound reflection on the today’s test.