科举学文化视角研究

On China's Ancient Imperial Examination:A Cultural Perspective

分析中国科举文化概念时,不能单纯以文化论文化,而应更多地分析科举制产生的土壤——科举社会,这个科举社会包含着科举人群、科举制度及科举风俗等。科举文化内容可被粗略划分为物质内容与人文意识内容两个部分。科举文化随着科举制及封建社会环境的变化呈现出不同的发展特点,既表现出明显的时代性特征,又表现出与其他封建社会文化相区别的独特特征,如至公性、竞争性、实用性等。

The cultural concept of Chinese Ancient Imperial Examination cannot simply be analyzed within the cultural domain,but go beyond it into the social domain,which involves the elements of the groups of examinees,the regulations and the custom.The content of this concept can be considered as including the material part and the abstract humanity-related part.The concept has its developmental features,and synchronically,distinguishes itself from the other concepts in the feudal phase of China.