What was the last imperial examination in history?

The palace examination was one of the imperial examinations in the Song (Jin), Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Also known as:"Royal Exam", court test"、"Ting right"。The palace examination was prepared from within, and then submitted to the emperor for selection. Only those who have been selected for the examination will be able to participate. The purpose is to distinguish the ranking of those who pass the examination.

The palace examination is the highest stage of the imperial examination. It was created by Tang Gaozong, but it has not yet become customized, and it was a permanent system in the Song Dynasty. The first name of the palace examination is the champion.

In the fourth year of Xianqing (659), Tang Gaozong personally opened a department to take scholars in the main hall, and the emperor personally supervised the selection of talents, which was the first time in the history of the imperial examination"Temple Examination"The scale of this palace examination is not large. In the first year of Zai Chu (690), Wu Zetian was about to be called the emperor, she personally presided over the examination, elites from all over the world gathered in Luoyang, there were tens of thousands of candidates, and the examination lasted for several days. This palace examination left a deep impression on the world, so much so that "Zizhi Tongjian" simply erased the palace examination presided over by Tang Gaozong, saying that the palace examination was initiated by Wu Zetian.

However, the earlier "Old Tang Book" recorded the palace test of Tang Gaozong: (Xianqing) in the spring of the fourth year of February Yihai, the first person tried to raise people, all 900 people, but Guo Beifeng and Zhang Jiuling were the first five people, and the order was to be ordered to be enshrined in the Zhaohong Wenguan. ("Old Tang Dynasty Book Gaozong Benji").

The third place is Tanhua.

Tanhua is the name of the third place in the palace examination in the Chinese imperial examination system, and the first place is called "Sanding Jia" together with the first place in the form of Danyuan, the first place in the posture or the second place in Tong.

The name "Tanhua" is the same as the champion and the list, in fact, it is used in society. On the official gold list, only the first place in the first class, the second place in the first class, and the third place in the first class will only be called.

It should have been in 1904, which was added to the 70th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

The following year, Zhang Zhidong made a turn, and the following year abolished the imperial examination, which had lasted for more than 1,300 years.

The 1904 imperial examination system was abolished in 1905, so the 1904 imperial examination was considered to be the last imperial examination in China, and it was added to the Enkedian examination because it was the 70th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi. There are two Cantonese people on the gold list of this exam, one is Zhu Ruzhen, the eye of the list, and the other is Yanliu, a flower explorer. The two later became known as the last Bangyan and Tanhua of the Chinese imperial examination.

It's 1905. If Qing ** is not weak and incompetent. Because it will also be long

Strictly speaking, in 1910, the second year of Xuantong, it was also held once!

Edited by Hallym Academy.

In ancient times, the last pass of the imperial examination was the palace examination, which was collectively called Jinshi after being selected. The palace examination is divided into three top admits. The first class is given to the Jinshi and the first, the second is given to the Jinshi origin, and the third is given to the same Jinshi origin.

The first place is commonly known as the champion, the second place is commonly known as the list, and the third place is commonly known as Tanhua, which is collectively known as the Sanding Jia. The second first place is commonly known as Chuanyu.

The champion was awarded the Hanlin Academy for revision, and the Bangyan and Tanhua were awarded for the Hanlin Liang Zaowei Academy. The rest of the Jinshi then participated in the court examination, examined the edict and discussed the poems, and selected those who were good at literature and calligraphy as Shu Jishi, and the rest were awarded to the chief (staff of each department), the magistrate, etc. (in fact, to obtain the post of chief, magistrate, etc., you must also go through the candidate, alternate, and there are those who are not official for life).

In ancient times, there was no imperial examination, and the second place in the temple examination was generally called "Tanhua".

The original meaning of Tanhua was to look for flowers and grass, and later expanded to the meaning of looking for talents. Because the test paper in the examination room is called "flower", and the Jinshi examination is also called "Plum Blossom Club", the second Jinshi is called "Tanhua", and winning the second place in the palace examination is regarded as a beautiful talk and honor. The results of the second place in the palace examination are usually slightly inferior to the first place, but it is also a good story that attracts national attention, and the top three in the Jinshi examination are the first class jinshi, of which the first is the champion, the second is Tanhua, and the third is the list.

In ancient times, the imperial examination was basically divided into three stages, the township examination, the guild examination and the palace examination. The township examination refers to the primary selection examination organized by the county officials in a county seat or a county fair. The general examination is a re-examination that is selected from among the selected candidates nationwide after passing the township examination and being screened by the Gongyuan.

The palace examination is to obtain qualifications through the general examination and enter the final stage of the face-to-face examination between the old emperor and the court officials.

The importance of the imperial examination in ancient times.

The imperial examination has cultivated a large number of outstanding cultural talents for China, they have superb literary, poetry and official writing skills, and have laid a solid foundation for the prosperity and development of Chinese culture.

The third place in the temple examination of the ancient imperial examination was called "Tanhua".

Tanhua "stupid respect" is the title of the third-ranked lifter in the ancient Chinese imperial examination, with the first champion and the second list. "Tanhua" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but at that time it did not refer to the third place of the palace test jinshi, but just a joking name, which had nothing to do with the first ranking.

There was a grand celebration in the Tang Dynasty Jinshi and the last. One of the activities is to hold a flower exploration banquet in the apricot garden. In advance, the two youngest and handsome of the Jinshi on the same list were selected as the flower explorers.

Visit the famous gardens and pick flowers along the way. Then write poems in Qionglin Garden, and greet the champion with flowers. This activity continued until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Development of the temple examination:

The palace test existed in the Tang Dynasty, and it did not become customized until the beginning of the Song Dynasty. When Tang Wu Zetian was a friend, the people who tried to pay tribute stood in front of the palace, and the provincial governor under the door played the form, and the one with the highest rank was placed in the front, so it was called the head of the shape, and it was also called the champion. Since the Song Dynasty, the old name has been used, and the first place in the palace examination is the champion.

Although the champion is also called the head of the title, it is no longer an official name.

Tang has no eyes, but there is Tanhualang. After the announcement of the list of new scholars in the Tang Dynasty, they had a grand banquet in Qujiang, with the youngest as Tanhualang; The original intention was that it was a joke, and it had nothing to do with the ranking. For example, Kou Zhun, the prime minister of the early Northern Song Dynasty, was Tanhua.

In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the third Jinshi was renamed Tanhua, so Bangyan became the special name of the second place. Therefore, the champion, the list of eyes, and the tanhua, as the three special names of the three tripods, were synthesized in the Southern Song Dynasty.