| The Cewen(a type of essay in ancient China on current affairs) as an exam style along time, can be said that the formal examinations style first appeared in ancientChina, began about the Western Han Emperor Cewen the virtuous. From the HanDynasty, Cewen has been an important examination of the later rulers of the valuebefore the election with disabilities. Even in the imperial examination system formedthe Sui and Tang dynasties, Cewen is still an important element in the imperialexaminations. The nature of Cewen is the an investigation of the monarch on theability of GongShi (who passed the central level of imperial examinations in ancientChina) to handle the current affairs, is a kind of "real learning", closely linked fromthe current affairs, is the where of the monarchs policy outline, and thus largelyreflect current situation of the country.Highest Imperial Examinations founded in Sui, to Tang getting attention, to theSung Dynasty in the late, almost became the only subjects of the imperialexamination. And the system of imperial palace examination, first appeared in theTang Empress Wu, and as a system is in Sung Dynasty, since then, the imperial palaceexamination became the highest grade exam of Highest Imperial Examinations. And asystem of Cewen in imperial palace examination began in Shenzong Dynasty. The twomagnificent feats of imperial examination come into being in the Northern SungDynasty, flow to future generations, and deep impact on the history of China. OnlyCewen in the imperial palace examination designed from the test policy in thebeginning of the Xifeng Reform of Sung Shenzong, coupled with Cewen thecharacteristics of its own current affairs, its role is not limited to the reform of theimperial examination system, it is the embodiment of the monarchs determination,reflecting the monarch governance, the final North Sung Dynasty do so.In recent years, scholars began to focus on the imperial examination stylisticresearch, have made a lot of achievements. This thesis conforms to this trend,Shenzong Dynasty toward the center, and through the past lives of Cewen in HighestImperial Examinations of the Northern Sung Dynasty, and from this unique perspective, investigation relations with Cewen and the current affairs, andperspective of the journey of the monarchs policy. |
