唐代商人举选权利考略

A Research on the Merchants' Rights to Participate in Imperial Examination and Official Selection in Tang Dynasty

唐代举制与选制是分离的,举选权利即参加科举考试与铨选的权利。唐前期承前代之余绪,商人举选权利被剥夺,教育权利亦受极大遏制。唐中期以后,商人及其子弟逐渐可入官私学读书,并参加科举得官入仕。这是衡量唐中期以后商人社会地位提高可资参考的重要标准,中国古代商人入仕之途至此发生实质性转变。

The imperial examination system and the system of selecting officials was separated in early Tang Dynasty. The merchants had no rights to participate imperial examination and official selection, and their right to be educated was also limited seriously. But after middle stage of Tang Dynasty, the merchants might enter school to study and obtain government positions gradually. This is an important standard of weighting merchant＇s social status since then. The way of obtaining government positions by merchants in Ancient China changed substantially so far.