The poems about the imperial examination are as follows:
1. "After Admission" Tang Dynasty·Meng Jiao
In the past, it was not enough to boast about the sordidness, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts. The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hooves are so fast that I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
2. "Leaving the City" Tang Dynasty·Li He
There are few sweet-scented osmanthus flowers under the snow, and the crows are shot back. Riding on the shadow of a donkey in the water, Qin Feng's hat belt hangs down. Sincerity is important when entering a hometown, but it is sad to have no seal. Qingqing reluctantly asked, with tears in her eyes in the mirror.
3. "Send Qiu to Return to Jiangdong for the Fall" Tang Dynasty·Wang Wei
I am not satisfied with the pity for the king, and the situation returns to Liutiaochun. I spent all my gold for the guests, but returned home with gray hair. Five lakes and three acres of house, thousands of miles away, one person returns home. I know you can't recommend me, and I'm ashamed to accept you.
4. "Song of Farewell to Shen Ya and Preface" Tang Dynasty·Li He
The scholar Shen Yazhi failed to win the first place in his writing in the seventh year of Yuanhe and returned to Wujiang. I was saddened by his deeds and had no money and wine to work with, and I was grateful for Shen's diligent invitation, so I sang a song to send him off. The talented people in Wuxing complain about the spring breeze, and the peach blossoms are all over the road. Purple Silk Bamboo Broken Cong Ma Xiao lives in the east of Qiantang and Fudong.
5. "Happy Zhang Feng's Succession" Tang Dynasty·Zhao Gu
The sky is full of spring snow, and flowers bloom everywhere it touches. I wonder if any of the trees in the garden are real plum trees.
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The imperial examination is a system for selecting talents and scholars in China’s past dynasties. Ancient Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other countries that had close exchanges with China were also deeply affected. The selection of officials is based on property and assets as a measure, and has been around since the Qin Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, when selecting officials, "no title will be awarded unless it is virtue, and no salary will be awarded unless it is merit." In the Western Han Dynasty, the inspection and examination system came into being. The "chaju system" began with Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and was customized during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After moral examination, he will be recommended to serve.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shangshu ordered Zuo Xiong to change the examination and examination system and add examinations. Confucian scholars were tested for classics and civil servants were tested for zhangzou. If they failed, filial piety and integrity were canceled and the recommended officials were investigated. After the fall of Nanchen, the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties came onto the stage of history. The imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty had a distinctive feature—the examination papers were not anonymous, so reputation was very important to the candidates. Since the imperial examinations at that time were not anonymous, the examiner's attitude towards the candidates was very important and sensitive.
At that time, many examiners were using their hands to engage in favoritism and malpractice. The Song Dynasty changed the annual Jinshi examination from the Tang Dynasty to once every three years, but the number of admissions each time was ten times larger than that in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, names were blurred and transcribed in parallel, and the remnants of recommendations were abolished. Zheng Qiao of the Southern Song Dynasty said in "Tongzhi" that this dynasty "selected scholars regardless of their family background." The first is to examine "strategy theory".
The second is to test "Poetry". The Ming Dynasty designated Zhu Xi's annotations of the Four Books and the Five Classics as official books, and selected scholars based on eight-legged essays. This kind of literary style pursues "conveying the truth" and has the formula of origin, inheritance, transfer and conclusion. It uses the words of sages to discuss current affairs, which helps to cultivate Confucian morality in the candidates, and at the same time, it allows the marking officers to have unified standards to judge the merits and demerits. High or low.
In the Ming Dynasty, three years was called a big competition. Maintaining a certain degree of mobility is indispensable for social stability and development, and the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty provided institutional guarantees for this mobility. The innovation of the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination system made the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination a model for the past and the future. The Ming Dynasty's imperial examination system was fully inherited by the Qing Dynasty.