| Ancient Chinese personnel selection system, the Imperial examination system is the most affected, which extending the longest time. Since it's inception in Sui Dynasty, Imperial Examination System established formally in Tang Dynasty, then followed by the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties until in 1905, the Qing Emperor Guangxu issued an edict to abolish it. In the thousand-year history, the examination system was the most important means and methods in selecting Talents for rulers of every dynasty. In this process, the examination system gathered a lot of people for the rulers and selected a lot of outstanding officials, even to the end of the imperial examination system, the backbone of the "Westernization Movement" of Qing dynasty like Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, Li Hongzhang, who were all imperial examination origin.Everything has a benefit there must be a disadvantage, a perfect system does not exist. Starting from the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were more or less problems and defects in the imperial examination system, so in the long history of it is development, these issues gradually formed a "bad money drives out good money" effect, making examination system cannot stand in line with social development, then come to a dead end eventually.This paper aims in the situation analysis and verification during the developments of "Jinshi" scholars in the Imperial Examination System, in order to reveal various problems in the start-up period of the imperial examination system, and further explore its effects of that time, and the adverse effects of future generations.At the beginning of the Imperial examination, the survival time of the Sui Dynasty was short, imperial examination system is only a prototype at the start-up time. Because of this, the Tang Dynasty is a critical period to form a real examination system. During this period, the imperial examination system had many species, including scholar, Ming Jing, Jin Shi, Jun Shi, Ming Fa, Ming Zi, Ming Suan and other 50 kinds of operators. One of the most important and respected is Jinshi scholars. "Jinshi" flourished not only in the Tang dynasty, but also greatly influenced the subsequent dynasties of imperial examination system. It has greatly contributed to the consolidation of the regime of the landlord class, and cultural development of the Tang Dynasty. The understanding of the "Jinshi" development status and issues, to some extent, means to catch the development of the main pulse of the situation and problems.Books from the Tang Dynasty and later research can understand the Tang Dynasty imperial examination system, especially from the "Jinshi" test, not only chosea lot of talented people, but also gave opportunities to the poor families to "carp fish big splash" and admitted more fair in Tang dynasty compared with the previous generation. However, on the other hand, there are kinds of shortcomings in "Jinshi"examinations. Some of these problems existed no longer with their living conditions and disappeared later, while others were associated with the examination system "for life", as they gradually go sour like the "attached to bone maggots".The second part of this article focusing on the Jinshi scholars and the Sui and Tang Dynasties "Imperial Examinations", making a brief presentation into the Imperial examination and find the origin of its important position through over viewing the development of Imperial Examinations. Try to make people aware of "Imperial Examinations" on the importance of the examination system and value.Third to the fifth part of this article explains the Jinshi scholars has three congenital deficiencies:A), from the political level, although after the Tang dynasty, the high gate Nobles this group no longer exists, the imperial examination system to benefit Scholars who mainly from a poor family. However, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, at least in the high gate Nobles and the vested interests of bureaucrats who are still using their own political supremacy. Poor family scholars to be suppressed in the "Imperial Examinations" in the leading position, and business people, officials, monk and other groups are also excluded outside the range of benefits from the imperial examination.B), from the economic level, since the "Jinshi" requires large energy inputs, its taking is very difficult, so the number is small, "less graduates before 50" is the statement which also exemplifies this characteristic. However, in the Tang Dynasty, as industrial class, commerce, clerks, monk and other sectors were excluded to be eligible to participate in "the Imperial examination". The examination is mainly for Ethic and the poor family Scholars. However, for the latter, a poor family to out of production, specializing in school, spending is great. Only to buy books, pen and ink is a great cost, high test costs actually blocked the sub-leading career path for a poor family in a certain extent.C), from the cultural level, its content and form of examinations will form a guide since its birth, if its content and form of pragmatism leans to real, the candidate will be.pragmatic, on the other hand, it will retreat. "Jinshi" test is no exception. Early, the Imperial policy is still dominated by current affairs. After the year of TIAN BAO, mainly by poetry to gradually retreat from the pragmatic, which makes the scholars have his own way after taking, and increasingly divorced from the real world. If a country's intellectual class is such a bureaucratic culture that the development of society will have no hope.In the sixth section, the paper demonstrates the Tang Dynasty "Imperial Examinations" through some of the congenital lack of negative effects. Includes the following two aspects:A) To guide society toward stumbles. With the examination system in particular, "into the Imperial" is becoming more and more important, "only imperial high" concept enjoys popular support, so most scholars regard the "pass the examination" as the pursuit of life, addicted to fame and fortune and find themselves unable to even the way of life hovering in the expedition, suffered a difficult but in the end did not give up. Prior to embrace the knowledge class, the pursuit of political ideals and the value of life has changed more, the relative weakening of the independence of scholars with much less creativity and personality are also gradually shrinking, the Scholarly stumbles have helped boost the trend shown. Mainly as follows:bribe to seek the trust, officialdom on cronyism, arts and culture in the light showy, full of luxury and sexy lure in life.B) Encouraged the scholars to breed and spread the concept of "fatalism". The examination is to bring them more negative impact, not only increased the pressure-on their survival, but also changed their values. Because of the existence of examination, most of the scholars suffered serious setbacks. The existence of religion is to give them spiritual comfort after the setback to provide space for their spiritual sustenance. Scholars were seeking fame at the same time, while the concept of the aid of religious thought is to find psychological balance. In the process, deep in fame people do not have the kind of early Confucian "life and death, rich in the days ", many people do not repeat the first test case, and believe fate began to turn. This determinism thinking of success or failure of the examination as decided by God denies the efforts of individuals, which is undoubtedly negative.Rest part of this article pointed out that the examination system of loopholes, also a talent taking reform to a certain need, certain universality, and a higher equity. However, in the Tang Dynasty Imperial Examination System in particular, into the Imperial Nobles even weakened the monopoly of the high gate, expanding opportunities to recruit and Cyril absorbed intellectuals to fame, cut against their own potential power, as well as promoting culture, particularly for the Tang Dynasty in the rapid development of poetry.However, it is undeniable that the examination system in particular, into the Tang Dynasty Imperial politics, economy, culture, and negative effects cannot be ignored. Fully aware of the examination system start-up period in the existing problems, helping us better understanding this ancient system of personnel selection. Now, the examination system is still the most important selection of our personnel system. In order to make the existing examination system to "open, fair and just" and to collect experiences and lessons of the past, it is particularly important to understand the ancient meandering paths, the mistakes and the lessons. Then we would avoid repeating the mistakes of history.
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