Source of appellation:
Champion: Yuan Yi comes first, and the name of the certificate is the certificate. Candidates should write a certificate to the government with all kinds of information and family information, which is equivalent to today's admission ticket. Because it has been appraised by palace examination, it is also called Dianyuan.
Second place: At first, second place didn't mean second place, because in ancient times, the names of second place and third place were written on the left and right sides of the first place, collectively called "second place".
Hua Tan: At first, Hua Tan didn't mean the third place, but referred to all the top candidates as Hua Tan.
Later, in order to facilitate the distinction, it was agreed that the second place was the second place and the flower exploration was the third place.
The first scholar was also called "Zhuangtou". In ancient times, students had to write a certificate to the government, similar to our current admission ticket, and then take the provincial exam, the general exam and the palace exam in turn according to their grades. The first name is Xie Yuan, Huiyuan, the top scholar. If all three subjects get the first place in the exam, it is called "Lianzhong Sanyuanji", also known as Sanyuanji, which is a * * * 26544 in history.
In order to gain fame, the ancients had to study hard at a cold window for ten years and take exams held by governments at all levels. Palace examination is the highest-level examination, and it needs to be selected through layers of examinations to qualify. Secondly, there are preliminary examinations, provincial examinations, scientific research and general examinations, which correspond to scholar, juren, Gong Shi and Jinshi respectively.
Imperial examination began in Sui and Tang Dynasties and flourished in Song Dynasty. After Song Taizu, the imperial examination system was established, so students were called "children of the emperor" and remained in use until the end of Qing Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Tanhua was ranked third in palace examination, second in the list and first in the top scholar. From then on, the format of "No.1 Scholar, No.1 Scholar and Flower Exploration" was formally formed, and it has become the "Three Ding Family" in the imperial examination that people talk about today.
Nowadays, the college entrance examination has replaced the imperial examination system. Although there is no national champion, all provinces have their own science champions and liberal arts champions, which attract the attention of the whole province every year. Or call the first place in the exam the champion, such as the champion of college entrance examination, the champion of physics, the champion of mathematics and the champion of Chinese. And the word champion is also used in other fields, such as fruit tree planting champion, breeding champion, sales champion and so on.
In fact, our current college entrance examination and imperial examination are of the same nature and the fairest way to select materials. Therefore, "study hard as long as you don't die" is a wise saying, especially for middle and lower class children.