盛唐干谒风行原因新论

NEW APPROACHES TO THE REASONS FOR THE PREVALENCE OF GANYE IN THE HEYDAY OF TANG DYNASTY

干谒之风盛行于盛唐(特别是玄宗开元年间),是一种特殊的社会现象。盛唐时期,干谒大盛的原因是多方面的:首先,前辈或时辈因干谒而获成功的范例是刺激盛唐干谒兴盛最直接的因素;其次,盛唐的各项取士授官制度诸如科举、铨选、入幕制度等促使士人从获得省试资格起到正式入仕为官之后,终其一生都必须不断地干谒;再次,由于科举制的实行,士人的个体意识、功名意识被充分地激发了出来,强烈的功名意识是盛唐干谒风行的重要原因。

Ganye(seeking to interview with requests for favor)was prevalent in Tang Dynasty(especially during the reign of emperor Xuanzong),which was a kind of peculiar social phenomenon.In the flourishing age of Tang Dynasty,the reasons of the prevalence of Ganye were various.In the first place,the examples made by the older generation or the contemporary who succeeded by Ganye was the most direct reason for the popularity.Secondly,various systems of choosing scholars as officials in the flourishing age of Tang Dynasty,such as systems of imperial examinations,selecting after evaluating qualifications and serving as adviser,drove scholars to constantly seek interview with requests for favor their whole life from the moment they were chosen to be government officials.What's more,scholars' individual consciousness and their consciousness of pursuing fame were fully inspired by the imperial examinations.Their strong consciousness of pursuing fame was the internal cause of seeking to interview with requests for favor.