A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IMPERIAL CIVIL EXAMINATION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINESE EXAMINATION
A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IMPERIAL CIVIL EXAMINATION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINESE EXAMINATION

Summary/Abstract: A Cultural History of Imperial Civil Examination to Contemporary Chinese Examination. Examination is an evaluation to check if students understand the lessons as well as a stimulating method to help students have progress efficiently. With the long history of imperial civil examination, Chinese examination in modern society is of rigorousness and high-difficulty, and exam-oriented education is very popular. Examination system with influence from imperial civil examination has its advantages and disadvantages, and Chinese language examination designed by Chinese teachers with Chinese exam features is not very welcomed by foreign students. This paper is to have a comprehensive understanding of imperial civil examination in view of its development, its relationship with Confucianism and its influence to contemporary Chinese language education. With the comparison of attitudes to exam, exam function, question design between Chinese exam and Romanian exam, we can make use of the advantages of various exam mechanisms to improve students’ language level, knowledge of culture, and dialectic thinking.

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