唐初三朝进士科及第群体初探——以《登科记考》为中心

Study on the Successful Candidates in the Highest Imperial Examination in the First Three Periods of the Early Tang Dynasty——A Case Study of Deng Ke Ji Kao

唐初三代科举制度虽然在一定程度上为士子打开了仕进之门,但实际上进士科及第者同样要经过为官者的保荐才可成功,而家世背景更是被录取的重要考量因素。因此,唐初三代的进士群体依旧体现了当时社会的"门阀"特性,与宋以后士人社会有着根本性的差异。唐初三代进士科及第群体在地域分布、仕宦状况和郡望等方面体现了这一时期北方世家大族,尤其是关陇贵族对于科举进士科的影响与把控,也证实了内藤湖南所述"唐宋变革论"中世社会的特点。

The first three periods of the early Tang Dynasty opened a gate for scholars to be promoted to offi- cials, but those successful candidates still had to be recommended for promotion by a powerful official, their family backgrounds were the key factors for their final promotion. Therefore, they reflected the characteristic of powerful family politics at that time, which was totally different from that in the Song Dynasty and later dynas- ties. Besides, the analysis of the regional distribution, official careers and family backgrounds showed the in- fluence on and control over the imperial examination from the powerful families in the Northern China, espe- cially the Guanlong aristocratic family groups in the early Tang Dynasty. This also directly revealed the charac- teristic of the first three periods of the early Tang Dynasty before the reform from Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty Nait6 Konan.