From Jiawu to Wuxu: Yan Xiu and Economic Imperial Examination

2020 ◽  
Vol 09 (08) ◽  
pp. 1162-1168
Author(s):  
修勇 欧
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2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqi Chen

How to effectively implement the work of reducing the burden of basic education has been concerned by people. By using the knowledge of game theory, this paper analyzes the behavioral goals of the relevant subjects in reducing the burden of basic education, and puts forward some suggestions. We should change the "focus" to "characteristics" and guide the diversified development of primary and secondary education. By adjusting the matching degree of various levels of education, the pressure of entering school can be reduced. Through social reform, the interests of different classes were adjusted and the residual negative influence of imperial examination culture was eliminated, so as to successfully remove the stumbling block of "excessive academic burden" in the educational reform of the new era and create conditions for cultivating a large number of outstanding talents needed for national development and national rejuvenation.


T oung Pao ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 101 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 168-207
Author(s):  
Shiuon Chu

This article investigates the practice of returning marked papers to rejected candidates in late imperial Chinese examinations. The practice—common from the sixteenth century to the abolition of imperial examinations in 1905—established a sense of personal communication between examiners and examinees and was an opportunity for rejected candidates to benefit from the examination system. The failed papers returned to their authors enabled them to make sense of their performance by interpreting, when not misconstruing, examiners’ comments. The examiners sometimes praised the papers and blamed the decision to fail on other examiners. As a result, most rejected candidates tended not to challenge the examiners through official channels or take collective action against the examination system. Thus, in the late imperial examination system, the ways in which rejecting decisions could be negotiated and construed were no less important than the awarding of degrees to an extremely small proportion of participants.
Cet article s’intéresse à la pratique, particulière à la période impériale tardive, consistant à rendre leurs copies aux candidats ayant échoué aux examens. Courante depuis le xvie siècle et jusqu’à l’abolition des examens mandarinaux en 1905, cette pratique créait l’impression d’une relation personnelle entre les examinateurs et les candidats et était un moyen pour ceux qui avaient échoué de tirer profit du système. Les copies rejetées retournées à leurs auteurs permettaient à ces derniers de donner un sens à leur performance en interprétant, voire en dévoyant, les commentaires des examinateurs. Il arrivait que les examinateurs fassent l’éloge des copies et attribuent à autrui la décision de les rejeter. De ce fait, la plupart des candidats malheureux évitaient de contester les examinateurs par la voie réglementaire ou de manifester collectivement contre le système. Ainsi, dans le système des examens à la fin de la période impériale, la manière dont les décisions négatives pouvaient être négociées ou interprétées n’était pas moins importante que l’attribution de rangs académiques à une toute petite proportion de ceux qui concouraient.



2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (33) ◽  
pp. 109-140
Author(s):  
連文萍 連文萍

<p>館課評點是對館課的閱讀及寫作指導,本文討論其形式、體例、原則、目的與著錄。館課評點與晚明其他文體的評點相類,具有自由隨興的表現,也有托名作偽的問題,但因評點者署為館師、閣師,肩負教習庶吉士的權責,其評點以臺閣規模為衡量,以儒家內聖外王、經世濟民為理想,故由課士育才而針砭文體士風之衰,欲導正士習與世道,具有政治目的。惟館課評點雖具政治目的,實際則側重於文學性的鑑賞,反映館閣復古風尚,莊重平穩有餘,對庶吉士擬策施政能力的提昇相對有限。對於公眾而言,館課評點塑造著館閣「實境」的想像,足以強化舉子的應舉心態,吸引他們揣摩擬寫,以待登入館閣,獲得名公獎拔,故為應舉教育的一環,襄贊著科舉文化的源遠流長。</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;Guanke Pingdian&rdquo; is a literature genre that comprises the academicians&rsquo; commentaries and guidance on the students&rsquo; reading and writing in the Guanke courses. This paper discusses its forms, styles, principles, purposes, and problems with authorship. &ldquo;Guanke Pingdian&rdquo; is similar to commentaries on other literature genres in the late Ming dynasty, with a style of spontaneity and the same problem of falsified authorship in disguise of other authors&rsquo; name. However, the authors were being entitled as academicians, who were given the rights and responsibilities to teach &ldquo;shujishi&rdquo; who would have a chance of being promoted to become high rank officials in the government. Therefore the authors of commentaries and guidance would consider the size of existing bureaucrat and promote the Confucian ideal of &ldquo;being sage inside and being kingly outside&rdquo; and &ldquo;to govern and benefit the people&rdquo;. They were politically motivated and intended to educate the students, criticize the decline of literati ethos, and correct the scholar’s habits and manners. Nevertheless, their commentaries and guidance were focused on evaluating literary achievements, reflecting the academicians&rsquo; tendency to return to the ancients and emphasize being solemn and stable. By contrast, they were limited in enhancing the shujishi&rsquo;s capacity of policy making and administration. To the public, &ldquo;Guanke Pingdian&rdquo; shaped the imagination about the &quot;reality&quot; of the Guanke academy and strengthened the students&rsquo; desire to sit for the imperial examinations, so that the students were attracted to write in a similar style to the commentaries and guidance, in the hope that they will be promoted to join the imperial academy. Therefore, &ldquo;Guanke Pingdian&rdquo; is part of the imperial examination, indicating the long lasting legacy of Chinese imperial examination.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


Author(s):  
Xudong FANG

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.Professor Lee Shui Chuen’s paper puts forth a grand plan to construct a Confucian model of medicine that differs from the Western model. However, it is a pity that Lee fails to offer sufficient Confucian resources to pursue that goal. It seems that Lee’s attention is focused largely on traditional Chinese medical theories whose origins do not lie in Confucianism alone. Lee also discusses the Confucian doctrine of humanity (ren), which essentially belongs to the realm of medical ethics. His emphasis on synesthesia (gantong) is instructive. In fact, a characteristic of any genuine Confucian model of medicine, neo-Confucian models in particular, is an understanding of those patients who have lost their synesthesia. For example, neo-Confucian master Zhu Xi called concentrating on success in the imperial examination a severe illness of the mind, and suggested that the illness could be cured through self-cultivation efforts.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 46 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.


Society ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-278
Author(s):  
Kwang Hyun Ko

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