中国科举制度停废原因——基于文化学视角

On Reasons for Ending of China’s Keju System based on Cultural Perspective

科举制度作为一项内容复杂、充满矛盾的历史产物,是否仅从制度运行规律的视角就可以完全地解释其被迫终结的原因呢?答案显然是否定的。背后支配和影响科举制度运行的是一股强大的科举文化力量,正是这股文化价值力量影响和制约着制度的发展命脉。因此我们应更深层次地探讨和挖掘中国科举制度终结的历史文化原因,以指导今天的高考制度改革。

People always blame Keju’s "outdated content and lack of flexibility" for its ending though it has enjoyed a history of over 1300 years before the Western countries’ invasion and the domestic reformers’ protests.However,the author of this article holds some new ideas here.The author here believes that Keju,as a contradictory product of the complicated history,was brought to an end for some cultural reasons rather than the reasons above-mentioned.That is,only start from a cultural perspective and a more comprehensive view,can we explore further this problem.