During the 285 years from the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu's Wude (622) to the fifth year of Emperor Aidi (907), the imperial examination was held almost every year, and about 270 champions were produced. The number of people who can take the exam in ancient books such as Entrance Examination for Universities and Talking about Hui Nationality is 140. There were 1 1 champions in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the Tang Dynasty. Song dynasty champion 1 18.
There were 32 Mongolian and Chinese champions in the Yuan Dynasty. There were 90 top scholars in the Ming Dynasty. From the Qing Dynasty to the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905), the imperial examination system was abolished, with a total of 1 14 champions. In all, from the early Tang Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, * * * produced 504 champions. In Liao and Jin Dynasties, the champion was the champion. In addition, the number one scholar in Liao Dynasty 18 and the number one scholar in Jin Dynasty 15.
Best performer:
1, Wang Wei
The highest achievement in poetry and painting was Wang Wei, the champion of Xin Weike in the 19th year of Tang Kaiyuan (73 1). He is a representative of the pastoral school of landscape poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and his poetic art is praised as "from Li (Bai) to Du (Fu), which should be the first". His paintings are known as "the ancestor of painting in the Southern Song Dynasty", and Su Dongpo, a famous writer, praised Wang Wei for "painting in poetry and poetry in painting".
2. Liu Gongquan
The highest achievement in calligraphy was Liu Gongquan, the fifth scholar in Tang Yuanhe three years (808), and Yan Zhenqing, another great calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, was also called "Yan Liu". He is good at regular script and cursive script. Historically, he, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu were called "four masters of regular script".
3. Zhang
He wrote the Book of Tea Boiling, and commented on the advantages and disadvantages of various spring tea cooking methods. It is another important research work on tea ceremony in China after Lu Yu's Tea Classic. He was also an imperial examination wizard who won the first prize in three big exams, namely, Xie Yuan, Huiyuan and Champion. In history, only 17 people have won "Lian Yuan".
4. wang pu
The highest achievement in historiography was wang pu, the first scholar in the second year of the Five Dynasties (949). He compiled 100 volume of Tang Yaohui and 30 volumes of Five Dynasties Conference. These two sets of books are not only rich in historical materials, but also formally establish the style and method of text classification and compilation, which is followed by future generations.
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