科举制度与唐代小说的繁荣

The Effects of Imperial Examination System on the Prosperity of the Tang Dynasty Novels

科举制度的盛行及其造成的文化风尚对唐代小说的繁荣具有巨大的促进作用,这种促进作用具体说来主要体现在如下四个方面:科举行卷之风导致唐代小说的兴起;科举制度的盛行给唐代小说创作带来了丰富的素材;科举制度造成的读书士子人群构成唐代小说作家的重要组成部分;科举制度造就的重文尚辞的文化风尚推动了小说的成熟。

The Imperial Examination System and its culture contribute a lot to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty Novels. The contributions are the following： Xing Juan （the candidates for imperial examination submit their works to senior officials and famous writers in order to gain reputation） led to the rise of Tang Dynasty Novels; the prevailing of Imperial Examination System gave a lot of material to the Tang Dynasty Novels; the scholars that cultivated by the Imperial Examination System offered authors for the Tang Dynasty Novels, and the culture that created by the Imperial Examination System such as using of flourish words and phrases promoted to the maturity of Tang Dynasty Novels.