Original text: At the beginning of the country, due to the Sui system, the officials were selected by the official department, and the person in charge would be regarded as the official. First take the suspected prison, and judge it, and see if it can be judged. After the sun and moon flooded for a long time, there were many candidates, and the case was shallow and short, so it was not enough to prevail. It is based on the ancient meaning of classics, thinking that asking questions.
Later, when selecting people to benefit the public, it was to test the hidden meaning of obscure books, but only to fear the knowledge of selecting people. The winner is called "advanced" and the loser is called "blue Luo", which is still a story. In kaiyuan, Pei Guangting was the official department, and he began to follow the qualifications, taking a sage as a fool. Those who follow the rules like to follow the rules, and those who use negative materials are restrained by them. Song Jing can't fight hard. And the light court pawn, there is a company that will overflow, and its use is based on the way of qualification rather than encouragement, and it is called "Keping". In the Spring and Autumn Period, the system of selecting scholars in the Qing Dynasty was deficient, and the military forces under the Qin Chengguo system were all vulgar, so that the death of the Han Dynasty was not consistent because of the Qin system. In the eleventh year of Emperor Gaozu, he began to seek talents. In the first year of Emperor Yuanguang's reign, the county and country were ordered to raise one filial piety, and the method of tribute was started here. Wei and Jin changed hands with each other. Emperor Yangdi changed his position to Ming and entered the second division. Due to the Sui system, the country added scholar, clear method, clear character and clear calculation, and the former was six subjects. Zhenguan is ruled by the examiners. In the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, Li Ang, who was impatient and unwilling to accept things, gathered scholars and made an appointment with him: "I know the beauty and evil of writing. The choice of school entrance examination is the most important. If you have any requests, please leave them. " Angwai's uncle tried to be kind to Li Quan, a scholar, in order to speak for himself. Ang nu, set Gong Shi several rights. Because: "The audience's gentleman's writings believe in beauty. However, as the ancients said, yoga does not cover up flaws and is loyal. If you have words or uneasiness, you will tell everyone. What? " Quan said, "My ears are clear and my heart is idle in the clouds." Do you want to resign? " Ang said, "Of course." Quan said, "In the past, Tang Yao was sluggish, so he gave in to Zen. From bad smell, so wash your ears. Today, the spring and autumn period is at its peak, so why wash your ears? " It's scary. At the beginning, Ang was not invited by the subordinates, and there were officials' suggestions, and those who asked were not allowed to follow. Because of the court discussion, it is not enough to save the position of lang, and it is not enough to make the assistant minister of the official department look after him. (Excerpt from Li Ge, a New Tale of the Tang Dynasty)
Translation: In the early years of the People's Republic of China, the Sui system was followed, and the head of the official department was selected. The examiner would interview that person and assess him with official affairs. The first
time is to select a difficult case, assess his judgment and see if he is competent. This is the beginning of writing a judgment. Later, after a long time of questioning,
the number of people participating in the selection increased, and the content of the official document was simple, which could not be used as the standard for the examination. So I used the ancient meanings of classic ancient books and used them as test questions. After that, more talents were selected, so I collected obscure books to examine them, for fear that the selected people would understand, and those who used flowery words were called "advanced" and those who performed poorly were called "blue Luo". So far, this has been taken as an example. During the Kaiyuan period, Pei Guangting took charge of the official department and began to follow the qualification resume, taking qualifications as the standard of officials. People who follow the routine like him to follow the routine, but talented people are suppressed by him. Song Jing objected but failed. After Pei Guang's death, a company decided posthumous title, because he could not effectively reward and encourage talents, and used "Ke Ping" as his posthumous title. In the Spring and Autumn Period, officials such as Qing and Shi were hereditary, and the system of selecting talents was lacking. The Qin Dynasty inherited the system of the previous generation. With the help of force, all those in power were vulgar officials who did not follow the etiquette and justice, and even perished. The Han Dynasty followed the system of the Qin Dynasty without improvement. In the 11th year of Emperor Gaozu's reign, the imperial edict for seeking sages was issued. In the first year of Emperor Yuanguang's reign, the county and country began to recommend Xiaolian, and the method of recommendation began. There were changes in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Emperor Yangdi changed the system of setting up two subjects, Ming and Jin, to inherit the Sui Dynasty, and added six subjects, namely Scholar, Ming Fa, Ming Zi and Ming Shu. During the Zhenguan period, the examiners were in charge of this matter. Kaiyuan: In the twenty-fourth year, Li Ang was a member of the examination team. He was just impetuous and didn't make friends with others. So he called the Jinshi and agreed with them: "I know in my heart whether everyone's articles are good or bad. The choice of assessment lies in absolute fairness. If you have any, please ask others, and all of them will fall. " Li Ang's father-in-law had befriended Jinshi Li Quan and put in a good word for him in front of Li Ang. Ang was really angry, and gathered Gong Shi to count Li Quan's mistakes. The hand said, "the articles of the audience gentlemen are really good." However, the ancients said that a person's strengths and weaknesses are not concealed from each other, and he is a loyal person. If anyone has an idea and may feel uneasy inside, how about telling everyone? Li Quan said, "My ears are clean and my heart is idle with white clouds". Isn't that your poem? "Li Ang said," Yes. " Li Quan said: "In the past, Tang Yao was old and weak, and he was going to abdicate the position of leader to Xu You. Xu You hated hearing this, so he washed his ears. Now that the son of heaven is in his prime, he has not ceded his position to you. Why do you wash your ears like the ancients? "Li Ang was very scared. At the beginning, Li Ang refused to accept other people's request for help because he was headstrong. When an official discussed this matter, he asked him to do something. Therefore, the ministers deliberated that the post outside the examination was too low to face many people, so they let the assistant minister of the official department take charge of the matter.