试论李光地的科举改革思想

On Li Guangdi’s Reformation View of Imperial Examination

李光地是清初政治家和思想家,对于清朝承袭的科举制度有深入思考,认为科举作为国家选人用人基本模式,本身缺陷明显,八股文体盛行,科举弊端更加突出,且科场舞弊愈演愈烈,严重破坏科举公正性。然而,科举制度不可废除,只能通过改革完善。科举改革应以经世致用为导向,调整考试内容,改变考试形式,并严密考场监管制度。同时,重视荐举,弥补科举模式本身局限。

As an influential politician and thinker in the early Qing Dynasty,Li Guangdi once thought deeply about the imperial examination system.He found out that the imperial examination system,as a basic model for the selection and employment of talented people,had such deep-rooted shortcomings as the prevalence of eight-strand style and all kinds of fraud phenomena,and these shortcomings undermined the fairness of the imperial examinations.However,the imperial examination system could only be reformed,but not abolished.The reform of the imperial examination system should be guided by the idea of"practical application of learning".Both the content and the form of the imperial examination should be revised,and strict measures should be taken to supervise the imperial examination.Besides,more attention should be paid to the recommendation of talented people so as to make up for the limitations of the imperial examination system.