清末科举考试内容改革述论

Reformation of Contents of the Imperial Examination and Its Influence on Late Qing Dynasty

在清末教育改革中,科举考试内容占有突出地位。从洋务运动时期的增设算学科,到“戊戌变法”期间提出废八股改试策论和增设经济特科,科举改革与新式教育密切相连。“新政”初期,科举考试内容的改革,推动了西学传播和新式教育的发展。

The reform examination contents. add natural science to of education in late Qing Dynasty was mostly about the reformation of the imperial In the period of Westernization movement, the Foreign Affairs Faction proposed to the imperial examination. In the time of Reform Movement of 1898, reformers suggested that government abolish the eight-legged essay and change it into the essay on contemporary politics and the knowledge of natural science. However, those opinions did not have chance to be put into practice till the end of the Qing Dynasty. Reformation of contents of the imperial examination had important influence on developing west learning, accelerating new-style education and cultivating new-style talented persons.