The Research Of The Families Related With The Imperial Examination In Liao Dynasty

The families related with the imperial examination in Liao Dynasty are those with three generations lived in the family home, family’s prosperity based on family members became officials or rural examination Jinshi by took part in the imperial examination and had powerful influence in home place and even whole nation. In the middle of Liao Dynasty, especially after the Chanyuan treaty, on one hand the imperial examination of Liao Dynasty has a rapid development after a long-term peace between Liao and Song; on other hand, the family influence also obtained a development. And what’s more, the chinesization of the rulers, attach importance to imperial examination and more requirements of Jinshi in national affairs, all of that made of the external conditions of the rise of the families related with the imperial examination. And the families’ own cultural advantage provided a guarantee of the seeking of family status and forces.The families related with the imperial examination can be divided into two types:the families related with the imperial examination changed by the noble families and the ones came from the common families. There were distinctive features in the progress family members becoming official:besides related with the imperial examination, there also has very close links with system of yinbu. In the marriage, the family members mostly marriage with bureaucratic families or local powerful families that mostly were Han people. And many Jinshi wese in the consorts of the female members.As a type of political and sociecal power controler, the rise of families related with the imperial examination In the middle of Liao Dynasty bright heavely influence in politic and society in the Dynasty.