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Some people say that the imperial examination system is feudal dross. Is it really useless?
The imperial examination system, which has been circulating in China for thousands of years, was very advanced and excellent at that time. It can't be killed with a stick, but it is characterized as feudal chaos.

0 1. The imperial examination system subverted the nine-level Zheng Zhi system and gave students from poor families the hope of getting ahead. This is the progress of history. Since Chen Qun presided over the implementation of the Jiupin Zheng Zhi system in the Three Kingdoms period, officials of all sizes in the officialdom have come from gentry and landlords, and things like monopoly and monopoly have occurred frequently. After Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty founded the imperial examination system, poor students finally had hope, even a little hope, which made people see progress. It can be said that this is social and political progress.

02. Although there are only a handful of poor students who go to court through the imperial examination system, it is also a relatively fair system. These five articles "Ma Zhou, the poor prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Shu and Chen Shu, please advise Shu, advise the princess to get married during the day, please choose the county magistrate Shu" are all inspiring. It can be said that Ma Zhou was ruled by Guan Zhen.

The Wen Tianxiang family lived in a low-level place for a long time. After winning the first prize, he devoted himself to serving the country and made a heroic sacrifice, becoming a national hero that has been celebrated through the ages. And left behind works that have been handed down to this day, such as the famous saying "Crossing the Zero Ding Yang", "Yi Ge" and "Who has never died since ancient times, leaving a heart to shine".

Wang Jie, the top scholar in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, was the son of a farmer whose parents were both farmers. After becoming the top student in high school, Wang Jie worked as an official in North Korea for more than 40 years. As a teacher of Emperor Jiaqing, he is a high official, honest and upright, upholding justice and hating evil the most. It was praised by Emperor Jiaqing as: "Straight into the hall corridor, the breeze returns to the cold city".

Without the imperial examination system, these people may only be unknown at the bottom of society, or they may disappear from hunger and cold. It was the imperial examination system that made them appear in the imperial court and their names written in the history books. This is the advantage of the imperial examination system.

03./kloc-The imperial examination system of more than 0/000 years has some drawbacks to social development, but it cannot be determined as dross. The scope of the imperial examination system is mainly Confucian classics, ignoring science and technology, agriculture, industry and commerce. This practice really imprisons the horizons and thinking of scholars in society. Scholars are obsessed with Confucian classics, and everyone is bent on becoming famous overnight through the imperial examination, thus entering the officialdom and becoming a master. This is a disadvantage. If these drawbacks are improved, the imperial examination system will become an important means to promote social development.

04. The current college entrance examination and civil service examination system still has the shadow of the imperial examination system. Nowadays, many people oppose the college entrance examination system online, and some students deliberately hand in blank papers to boycott the college entrance examination. You can find out how many students who have boycotted the college entrance examination have no regrets, and how many students who have become high-tech talents through the college entrance examination are afraid to write the college entrance examination.

Many young people try again and again in the civil service exam every year, hoping to get a chance to enter the workplace through the exam. Even more than the previous imperial examination, this is because in such a fierce competitive environment, the civil service examination has brought them hope and opportunities and given them a new way out.

Conclusion. The imperial examination system is the product of social and political progress, and it is an important system for China to lead other countries in the world. There are dross, but there are also merits. In the words of Lu Xun, it is cruel and unwise to get rid of its dross and take its essence instead of concluding that it is feudal dross in one sentence.