Briefly describe the contributions and constraints of the imperial examination system on traditional Chinese culture

What are the effects of the imperial examination system on Chinese culture?

1. Key points: the imperial examination system has continued in China for more than thirteen hundred years, and it has had a great influence on China, especially on culture. Admittedly, any one thing has two sides, similarly, we judge the imperial examination system is also divided into two, its impact on Chinese culture has a positive side and a negative side. Positive impact is mainly manifested in: through the imperial examination absorbed a lot of humble into the regime, is conducive to the expansion and consolidation of the * foundation of feudal rule, changed the feudal society in the early days of the rich and powerful clans to hold the situation of the dynasty; the majority of commoners through the imperial examination into the official, to the feudal regime injected vigor and vitality; the selection of officials from now on there is a level of culture and knowledge of the objective basis for the formation of a high-quality team of civil servants; the power, position and academic knowledge combined, the power and knowledge, and the power and position of the government, the power and knowledge, the power and knowledge, the power and knowledge, the power and knowledge. The combination of power, position and knowledge, creating a Chinese tradition of respect for teachers and the atmosphere of hard work and study; promote the prosperity of literature. With the development of the imperial examination system, the Ming and Qing dynasties, the implementation of the eight shares to take the scholars, a serious constraint on the applicants, so that the intellectuals do not speak of practical learning, binding the intellectuals of the mind; on the development of academic culture has had an extremely negative impact; the end of the Qing dynasty, the imperial examination system seriously hindered the development of science and culture, is to lead to the backwardness of the natural sciences in modern China is one of the important reasons; this system is not conducive to the knowledge of the innovation, and even more so to the innovative Cultivation of talents