明清八股文考证与当今认识

Research on Ming and Qing’s Eight-legged Essay and Today Understanding

八股文是明清专用于科举考试选举人才的一种文体,它是统治者推行的一种文化专制措施。据考证,八股文于洪武年间定型,盛于成化年间,历经几百年,直到二十世纪初戊戌变法后随着科举考试的停止而废除。八股文在写作内容方面,要求苛刻,不准自由发挥,它的行文格式也很呆板,字数在不同年代也有不同要求。如今我们要以实事求是的科学态度公正地去分析它、评价它,要"取其精华,去其糟粕",让其中优秀的文化在我们的现实生活中绽放光彩。

Eight-legged essay is a genre of Ming and Qing dedicated to the imperial examination and election personnel.It’s a cultural autocracy measure by the autocratic ruler.According to the research, Eight-legged essay started in Hong Wu years and were prevalent in Cheng Hua years.After hundreds of years,it would not be abolished until the beginning of the twentieth century the Reform Movement of 1898,with the stop of the imperial examination.In writing content Eight-legged essay had strict requirement,was not allowed free play.Its textual format was also very dull.The words also had different requirements at different times.Now we must seek truth from facts and scientific attitude to analyze it and evaluate it fairly.We should "Select the essence and discard the dross", make the excellent culture shining in our real life.