坎坷的科举之路——柳堂个案研究

• 作 者: 翟国璋
• 机 构: 江苏教育学院历史系,
• 出 处: 江苏教育学院学报(社会科学)
• 发表日期: 2010年09期
• 关键词: 科举考试 清代 个案 柳堂

科举作为中国古代的选官制度实行了一千多年,这是封建社会读书人的“独木桥”。到了清代,这座独木桥愈来愈难走,千千万万读书人经历了坎坷、曲折,到头来绝大多数人名落孙山,希望、抱负、梦想破灭。柳堂是晚清一位进士,做了地方官。他是科举考试的“幸运儿”。然而他这条路走了40年,历尽坎坷和磨难。作为科举考试的个案研究,柳堂是个难得的典型。

The imperial examination was practiced for more than a thousand years as the system of selecting officials in ancient China. This is the “single-plank bridge” of the feudal society’s scholar. By the Qing Dynasty, the single-plank bridge was getting harder and harder to walk away. Thousands of scholar had experienced ups and downs and twists and turns. In the end, the vast majority of people lost their hopes and aspirations and their dreams were shattered. Liu Tang was a Jinshi late Qing Dynasty, made a local officer. He is the “lucky boy” for the exam. However, he walked 40 years of this road, experienced ups and downs and suffering. As a case study of the imperial examinations, Liu Tong is a rare example.