明代河南解元考论

The Textual Research of the Group of Jie-yuan in Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty

明代河南应有解元90名,可确认姓名和籍属者87名,其中除4人是外省籍外,其他均是河南籍。明代河南解元分布广泛,除卫辉府、汝州外,其余8府1州皆有分布;但由于受政治、教育、文化、人口、地理、家族等的影响,各府、州、县解元分布并不平衡,呈现出东多西少的特点。明代河南解元偏爱诗、书和易,中式身份多样,尤以廪生为多;解元出路广阔,或考取进士,或直接入仕,或担任教职,或隐居著述。

There are ninty Jie-yuan in Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty,but only eighty-seven of them can be confirmed by name and native place,they all come from Henan Province except four.Their regional distributions are extensive,except for Weihui Fu and Ru Zhou,the other eight Fu and one Zhou all have Jie-yuan exist;however,influenced by the factors of politics,education,culture,population,geography,family,etc,the distributions of Jie-yuan are unbalanced,which presents the characteristics that the number of Jie-yuan in the east is more than that of the west.Similarly,Henan Jie-yuan in the Ming Dynasty have a preference for the Book of Songs,History and Changes,and whose identities were various,the majority of them is Lin-sheng.The future developments of Henan Jie-yuan in the Ming Dynasty are various,such as examining for Jin-shi,entering the official career directly,holding teaching positions or living in seclusion to write books。