The Qing He Family Research Lingshi

The ancient Chinese imperial examination system has been developed to the top inthe Qing Dynasty. The Ho family who lived in Liangdu town,Lingshi city,ShanxiProvince, rose in the late Ming Dynasty and peaked in the period when Kangxi,Yongzheng and Qianlong ruled the country. During this time, there were a total of15Imperial Scholars and15First-Degree Scholars appeared in this family who was one ofthe biggist and the most four influential families. The Ho family deserved the title ofImperial Examination family so it is significative and important to research this family.The paper is divided into the following four parts:The first part introduces the special nature and geography enviroment and thehumanistic background of Lingshi town, Shanxi Province. It influences the establishmentof The Ho family’s local prestige, familial culture and the imperial examinationachievement directly or indirectly.The second part introduces the immigration, rise and the achievements of the Hofamily. First, it shows the process of the Ho family. Then it discusses that the details ofthe Ho family’s imperial examination achievements during their heydays and enteringpolitical stratum situation are also introduced in the second part.The third part discusses the Ho family’s achievements as officials such as thedevelopment of education, worrying about people’s life, the maintenance of law andorder, guarding the frontier. Ho family has a lot of charitable behavior in Lingshi. Forexample, they give the villages financial help and throw themselves into the publicwelfare and cultural undertaking of their home.The fourth part introduce some works of the Ho family.Then discusses the Hofamily’s domestic instruction, which is the most important cultural factor to maintain andpromote the development of the imperial examination family.