论科举与孝行的普及

The Popularization of Filial Piety and the Imperial Examination

科举制度的实行在多方面对孝行发挥着促进作用,主要表现在科举报考中要求考生孝行无亏、服丧期间不得报考科举、科举考题中有大量考察考生孝文化素养的内容以及举子金榜题名可提升家族的社会地位和光宗耀祖等方面。随着科举制的持续实行,历代孝子的数量不断增加。其中,科举发达的地区孝子普遍多于落后地区;科举士子中还涌现出大量杰出孝子。

The implementation of the Imperial Examination system played a positive role in promoting filial piety in many aspects.It was mainly manifested in the requirements that Imperial Examination candidates should be filial and prohibited from taking the Imperial Examination during the period of mourning,tested on lots of exam questions about filial piety culture in the Imperial Examination,and improving the family’s social status and their ancestors’ glory after succeeding in the Imperial Examination.With the continuous implementation of the Imperial Examination system,the number of filial sons had been increasing from generation to generation.The number of filial sons in the regions with prosperity of the Imperial Examination occupied a larger proportion in this group generally.Numerous outstanding filial sons appeared among the Imperial Examinations candidates.