元代山西进士地理分布探赜

Exploration of the Geographical Distribution of Shanxi Jinshi in the Yuan Dynasty

元代留存至今的会试进士题名录只有两种,给元代进士的重构工作带来了困难。山西地区方志中关于元代进士的记载又有诸多错误,不可轻信。据学者考证,目前可以确定的山西进士只有38人。对进士的地理分布进行分类整理,发现山西进士分布呈现南多北少、汾河谷地和泽潞地区密度较大等特点。南部优渥的自然环境,发达的农商业以及庙学、书院的广泛分布,是影响进士分布的主要因素。泽、潞地区浓厚的崇学风气,也对进士分布产生了一定影响。

There are only two kinds of Yuan Dynasty Jinshi lists that have been retained until now,which brings difficulties to the reconstruction work.Local records on the Yuan Dynasty Jinshi in Shanxi region can be unbelievable owing to many mistakes in them.According to scholars,there were only 38 Jinshi who can be identified at present.By classifying and sorting the geographical distribution of the Jinshi,it is shown that the distribution of Jinshi in Shanxi had the characteristics that there were more Jinshi in the south than those in the north,being distributed along the Fenhe River valley and in Ze and Lu area.The rich and unique natural environment of the south,the developed agriculture and business and the wide distribution of Confucian temple schools and academies were the main factors affecting the distribution of the Jinshi.The good atmosphere of advocating study in Ze and Lu area also had a certain influence on the distribution of the Jinshi.