From "learning Can Become An Official" Change Of The Late Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination

Originally the imperial examination system only through a public examination of the personnel selection methods, but as time goes by, its commitment to the selection of the country people, and promote civic education, safeguarding social equity and maintenance of social order in the multi-task, you can say that the existence of Safeguarding the unity of the feudal rule, and train a large number for the maintenance of feudal rule of talents. It is there, and on the home country's long-term stability of the individual under the fame and worth, not only in ideology for the feudal rule and provides a cornerstone of security, but also on social stability and development are extremely important to maintain the dynamic of the entire country balance. But it is precisely because the imperial examination system in people's lives, the role played by too many, the major stakeholders involved, and thus become the focus of various contradictions. However, imperial examination has been sticked to the everyway of the intellectual, the gains and losses of the examination related to all aspects of them, for a long timet. To carry out any reform of the imperial examination it is very difficult, if easily diverted waste Imperial dynasty rule will undoubtedly have a significant negative impact, the Qing government to protect their own rule, to repeal the imperial examination in the course of extremely careful not easily changes in policy for fear that excessive fluctuations in the community.After the Opium War, the imperial examination system reform almost become the focus of the social reform issues of late Qing Dynasty, reform of the imperial examination system of discussion and controversy continued for several decades. Only that the original changes of imperial examinations seem soft and temperate. Therefore, the initial reform of the imperial examination system that is often some compromise, to reconcile. But this modest reform, soon after the Sino-Japanese War in the imminent reform of the social crisis and has been an upsurge of radical reform in its place. Qing government also recognized that a strong threaten from the imperialism , only to the imperial examination system to take decisive reform measures. Chinese imperial examination system as a feudal society in the latter part of a system of elected officials despite the end, but to retain reasonable core and competitive spirit, that is, the examination system and open competition. These are the same today until the reference value.This paper aims to study and examination, an official three-in-one to explore the changing of the imperial examination system of late Qing Dynasty and its implications for Scholars, impact on the community. Also the driving force played by the system for the further development of modern education and official election.