中国封建社会的选举制度思考——科举革废必然性分析

Thinking on Competency System in China’s feudal society——Analysis on the Inevitability of the Reform & Abandonment of imperial examinations system

科举制作为中国封建时期选拔官员的制度,曾在历史上扮演非常重要的角色。统治者通过科举制,加强了中央集权,维护了社会稳定,科举制也在很大程度上促进了中国古代教育文化的发展。科举制在中国历史上存在了以前三班多年,但其发展历程中在形式和内容(主要是内容)上缺乏本质的革新,更因其与封建专制制度的紧密捆绑,而使其弊端的积累与封建专制制度的衰亡处于同一进程。

As a talents selection system,the Imperial Examination System had contributed huge for ancient China governance.Social stability and prosperity as well as education and culture had been boosted by putting this system in force.It was abolished eventually because of lacking of innovation and especially because of its tight binding with feudal despotism of ancient China.In this article the author argues that the abolishment of Imperial Examination System was destined with the fall of feudal despotism of ancient China.