Study On The Relationship Between Imperial Examination And Culture

The imperial examination system, continued for about 1300 years in our history, not only had profound influence on the imperial society of Sui and Tang dynasties, but also had affected the modern age, affecting our society subtly today. The universal and profound influence of imperial examination system means that the study on imperial examination system could not ignore the cultural perspective carefully.The imperial examination system's rise and fall, was closely related with our culture. The reason that the imperial examination system can substitute Chaju system and Nine-grade-by-Zhongzheng System to step into the historical arena, and stand erect for a long time, is that imperial examination system had got Chinese culture tradition efficient and formidable supports, particularly the idea of capable governing country, the national spirit of striving constantly for self-improvement and exerting oneself, the social psychology of advocating academic honor as well as the thought of pursuit for fair .After the end of the Qing, the imperial examination system moves toward the decline. This had the very big relationship with the introduction of learning from western. The western learning widespread dissemination caused the people to accept West's scientific knowledge gradually, but had been far away from ethics studying of eight-part essay, subsequently had the huge impact on the people tradition's value idea, causing imperial examination system's thought prop collapse.The imperial examination system in the long-term evolution process also had exerted the profound influence to the entire Chinese culture. The imperial examination system by its formidable system intermediary function, had guaranteed the Confucianism study leads the field; had caused literature classics to be richly colorful, which the masterpiece excellent work is too numerous to cite individually; had accomplished the history to be highly prosperous, which the historical ancient book was voluminous. The imperial examination system also had produced the controlled widely function to social systems, such as our country's political system, educational system, decorum and customs system. The imperial examination system had also brought the formidable mold function to the Chinese nation mental structure. It strengthened national disposition of heavy ethics morals, venerates authority's value orientation, also enabled the Chinese nation to have sheared the shed with difficulty "the official career plot", the thick tradition of attaching importance to education and actively study as well as the dense psychology of dependence on examination. The intrinsic relationship between imperial examination system and the cultural gives our much enlightenment. The system and the culture have the bidirectional construction relations. There has the cultural tradition support behind the stable system reproductive pattern, but the individual placed in the stable system reproductive pattern for a long time were restricted unconsciously and presented the special cultural style under this system reproductive pattern. The relationship between the imperial examination system and the cultural has shown that studying imperial examination system's from cultural perspective is very important. At the same time, the large-scale education examination has widespread and profound influence and has close contacting with the culture, pulling one round to move the whole body. We should treat the large-scale education examination's reformation and abolition prudently.