When China's poetry reached a peak in the Tang Dynasty, it was unprecedented and never came again. Why?

The imperial examination system was gradually improved in the Tang Dynasty, and the initial subjects were divided into regular subjects and system subjects. The subjects held in stages every year are called regular subjects, and the temporary examinations held by the emperor are called institutional subjects, which are used to recruit extraordinary talents. There are more than 50 kinds of regular subjects, such as scholar, Ming Jing, gentleman, scholar, Fa Ming, Zi Ming and Ming suan. In the regular course, there are six subjects: Scholar, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Fa Ming, Zi Ming and Shu Ming. The scholar department attaches great importance to the selection of knowledgeable talents. There are generally five programs for exams, which are both liberal arts and sciences, and the requirements are very high. Understand the classics and attach importance to the examination of Confucian classics. The contents of the examination are mainly classics, classics and classics, plus two compulsory courses, The Analects of Confucius and Filial Piety. Jinshi, pay attention to poetry and fu. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was just a tentative strategy. Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi (reigned from 649 to 683) tried three strategies in Lao Zi. In the future, the Jinshi exam also includes three links: pasting classics, trying articles and current affairs raiders. Essays, that is, one poem and one fu, must have a clear understanding of the law. Current affairs need fair and thorough reasoning before they make sense. During the kaiyuan period, fu was the first, or poetry was the first. Some people used poetry fu without customization. As for the essay poems, it should be in the Tianbao period.

Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, it has been changed to the first trial of poetry, the second trial of classics and the third trial of policy questions. Moreover, there are more and more contents in the examination of poetry and fu, which have overwhelmed the title classics and become an important part of the selection of Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, so Jinshi is also called Ci. This is not only the embodiment of the prosperity of Tang poetry, but also one of the driving forces for its development. Zhang Ji (about 7 15- about 779), the author of Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, wrote that "a book becomes a leisure and banishes guests, and it becomes a A Lang." It is not my business to be extravagant, but to travel to the west and think of self-improvement "is the most direct reflection that the Jinshi exam has paid attention to selecting scholars in poetry and fu at that time." Moreover, after the first trial of poetry and fu, its importance was suddenly strengthened. No matter how good the other two aspects are, it is useless to fail the poem and fu.

There are two systems that have the greatest influence on the life of scholars in Tang Dynasty: the imperial examination system and the civil service election system. Retaining the electoral system is a very important link in the selection of civil servants. The so-called election keeping means waiting at home for the election deadline of the official department. All candidates belonging to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs should keep their election. As far as the official department is concerned, it mainly refers to the former officials who reached the rank of "dismissed from office" below the civil service level 6. The so-called election refers to those who are qualified to participate in the civil service election of the official department and the Ministry of War after their birth or expiration. "Keeping" means waiting and waiting, so keeping election refers to the time limit for selecting candidates to wait at home for officials appointed by the official department. In the Tang dynasty, the official department was responsible for the selection of civil servants under six grades, and the military attache under six grades was responsible for the selection of military attache. The prime minister is responsible for the selection of civil and military officials with five or more qualities.

The essence of the selective guard system is that civil servants below grade six cannot serve as officials continuously and must be removed by turns. At that time, except for some special officials, ordinary officials (including the children of senior officials) had to start with officials at the level of 89, so the election-keeping system was of universal significance. As far as promotion is concerned, Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty must keep the election for three years before being allowed to participate in the official election and get the official position. Judging from the former officials who have served less than level 6, they just can't continue to be officials. After completing a term of office, they must wait for a certain number of years before they are allowed to participate in the civil elections of official departments again and be assigned to new positions. The fundamental reason for retaining the election is that there are more candidates and fewer officials. For this reason, when selecting former senior officials with less than six grades, the system of selecting and guarding civil servants with less than six grades was first formulated and implemented.

Therefore, for themselves, for friends and for the younger generation, people have been frantically chasing and spreading the excellent works in poetry and fu from beginning to end, which has led to the unprecedented prosperity of the development of Tang poetry.