A Study On The Imperial Examination Life Of Scholars In The Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was a dynasty with a relatively complete imperial examination system.Jiangnan scholars are the most representative of the Qing Dynasty,and the life of the imperial examination was the main body of Jiangnan.The life of imperial examination is both research content and research perspective.Discussing the life of Jiangnan scholars’ imperial examination can reveal the political,social and cultural conditions of the Qing Dynasty.Jiangnan scholars’ imperial examination life has several characteristics.The first characteristic is hardship.Jiangnan scholars’ life of travel,examination room and family life are generally difficult;The second characteristic is phase difference.After Tongzhi,Western-style pipes and tea stoves improved the drinking water in the examination room;after the Guangxu period,the steamship historically changed the life of Jiangnan scholars’ travel.During the Qianjia period,the number of scholars in Jiangnan was limited,and the government house could basically maintain the examination room order.Although the life of the examination room for scholars was more difficult,there were no major problems.During the Daoguang period,search and inspection gradually relaxed,and fraud in the examination room increased.However,Nan Wei’s roll order has improved for a time.During the Tongguang years,search and inspection had become a formality,and the fraud in the examination room was very serious.At the same time,during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom war,Jiangnan received a large number of compensation places.The difficult predicament is once again highlighted.However,Nan Wei and Zhe Wei successively introduced Western-style pipes and tea stoves.The family plays a fundamental role in the imperial examination life of Jiangnan scholars,and is therefore greatly affected by the social environment.During the Qianjia period,the society was stable,and with the support of the family,the scholars could have certain basic readings,and even an orphan changed their destiny.After Daoguang,the social economy deteriorated and the basic role of the family was gradually destroyed.It is no longer possible for outstanding orphans to emerge in Jiangnan.In addition,the scholars taking the exam will also cause financial and psychological pain to their families.At the same time,the scholars may have adverse consequences on the relationship between husband and wife,father-son relationship,and children’s education in the imperial examination residence.Friends play an auxiliary role in the life of the Jiangnan intellectual examinations.During the Qianjia period,Jiangnan scholars could obtain financial assistance from their friends,thereby promoting the healthy operation of the imperial examination life.After Daoguang,as the family ’s basic role in the imperial examinations was gradually destroyed,the scholars were overwhelmed by their difficulties and could not provide financial assistance to each other,but they could still worry about the pressure of reasoning through their friends.During the Tongguang years,under the influence of friends,scholars engaged in various bad activities,gradually corrupted the social atmosphere,corroded the community of scholars,and affected the operation of the imperial examination.Except for the modernization,which slightly improved the life of imperial examinations,the overall life of Jiangnan’s imperial examinations gradually deteriorated.The examination room life is increasingly chaotic,and the positive effects of family life and social life are declining.The mentality of Jiangnan scholars in the imperial examination life is more complicated,which changes with the advancement of Qing Dynasty history to modern times,the pros and cons of personal economic conditions,and the length of personal scientific examinations.Jiangnan scholars formed corresponding imperial examination memories in the life of imperial examinations.The imperial examination memory has the function of group recall,and also helps the scholars integrate,expand and maintain the group.The imperial examination memory has the characteristics of complexity,development and selectivity.The imperial examination memory is bitter and joyful,and changes over time.Among them,the memory of the examination room is relatively selective,which strengthens the suffering of the low room and ignores the positive memory of the official diet for the candidates.The imperial examination memory reveals the initiative of the scholars in the life of the imperial examination,and also shows that the material of the imperial examination memory should be identified and used.