Knowing that Baguwen is not good, why did the Ming and Qing dynasties insist on using Baguwen in the

In the history of our country, the imperial examination has been responsible for the selection of talents for the country for a long time, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the rulers set the Bagu Wen as the form of the examination, but because the Bagu Wen is relatively rigid, many people hate the Bagu Wen, but these can not change the imperial court's insistence on using the Bagu Wen to recruit talents. In fact, the rulers are not stupid, they are also clear about the disadvantages of Baguwen, and they insist on using Baguwen, I think it is also the result of their weighing of the pros and cons. I think there are two main reasons for using the eight shares at that time.

First, let the poor students also pass the imperial examination to enter the office

No matter what dynasty it is, poor students will always be a disadvantaged group, and the resources they can obtain are too few. The scope of the examination of Baguwen was mainly the Four Books and Five Classics, which were already relatively popular in the society at that time. It is easy for poor students to buy these books to study, and Bagu limits the scope of the examination to these books, which also enables poor students to pass the imperial examination through their own efforts.

Just imagine, if the imperial examination is changed to subjects that require high comprehensive quality, then the poor students will not be able to compare with the children of those rich families.

Second, it is easy to judge

Baguwen is a relatively fixed form, and it is easier for the examiner to score the candidate according to the standard when correcting, if the content of the exam is more openThen this brings difficulties to the examiner to assign points, and it is difficult to be fair to the candidates due to the existence of subjective reasons.

Based on the above two reasons, even if Baguwen had these shortcomings, the rulers of the Ming and Qing dynasties still insisted on using Baguwen to select talents. There are two sides to everything, and we can't just see the shortcomings of Baguwen.

The main reason why the imperial examination of the Ming and Qing dynasties insisted on using the Baguwen was that the Baguwen met the needs of the ruling class at that time, and the unified teaching materials and answering methods in the national imperial examination could meet the needs of the imperial examination for fairness, so as to select the best.

OneThe need for centralization of power by the ruling class:In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were unified standards for the scope of the propositions and the way of answering the questions in the eight-strand essay, and the candidates could not play freely, and the feudal rulers drew the ground as a prison, and imprisoned the way of thinking of the scholars in the cage of the feudal centralized rulers, which helped to strengthen the rule of feudal centralized power.

IIThe need for impartiality:The eight-strand text is also used because of its fixed format and fixed exam content. Baguwen had a high popularity rate in the society of the Ming and Qing dynasties and had a clear examination scope, and the best candidates in the country were selected among the large number of readers, that is, under the premise of the same examination conditions, the best candidates were more suitable for officials.

This is also an effective way to select talents from a large base.

Although the rulers of the Ming and Qing dynasties adopted the Bagu Wen Selection** Although it was impossible to select talents who were good at innovation, the Bagu Wen Ke Selection ** met the needs of the rulers to centralize power, stabilize the social state, and allow more poor students to change their doors through the imperial examination. In general, the advantages of adopting the eight-strand liberal arts examination outweigh the disadvantages.

The so-called Baguwen is simply to divide the article into eight parts, and the title of the article must come from the original text in the Four Books and Five Classics, and the format, tone, and content of the article are strictly regulated. Because Baguwen requires candidates to imitate the tone of the ancients to "speak on behalf of the sage", candidates have no room for free play, which imprisons the reader's mind, which is the main drawback of Baguwen.

After all, Baguwen is the content of the traditional imperial examination handed down from ancient China. It's not something that can be changed easily.

This is a set of rules that can imprison literati and make talented people obey.

Because although the eight-strand text is not good, it is already a relatively fair way at what time.

There is no room for free play in the Baguwen, but the Baguwen has been regarded as an important part of the selection department for generations.

In this way, it is convenient for the emperor to unify his thoughts, no longer have other speeches, and it is easy to manage.

Because in the original text of the Four Books and the Five Classics, there are eight strands. So it's eight-stranded.

Because of the eight-strand literary system of the imperial examination, many literati spent their whole lives on the Four Books and Five Classics, forming a serious shackle.

The Eight Units are the selection of state reserve officials, not the selection of literati. Literati and officials are different, splashing ink can be used with a pen, but governing the country is to complete the optimal solution under limited conditions. Naturally, there is no such thing as imprisonment, any system follows the characteristics of that era, and the ancients were first-class cattle people in governing the country.

As for the judgments of later generations, most of them are not pertinent, and they are all fanatics. Take its essence to remove its dross, according to the situation, from time to time. This is a profound cultural treasure of China.

There are too many things prescribed by the Eight Shares, and there are many restrictions, and if the literati want to pass the Eight Shares, they must give up a lot of their own thoughts, and over time, they really don't have their own thoughts.

Because the Baguwen fixed people's minds, some scientific students could not write their own thoughts.