120 years ago today, on September 2, 1905 (August 4, 1905 in the lunar calendar), the Qing government abolished the imperial examination system. Gongyuan, which held the imperial examination in the capital, was the place where students longed for and feared the most. On September 2, 1905, Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong petitioned to suspend the imperial examination in order to promote schools and pursue practical learning. The Qing court issued an edict to stop all township examinations starting from 1906, and also to stop annual examinations in various provinces. It also ordered the Minister of Education to quickly issue various textbooks, instructed each governor to make full use of the resources, and strictly ordered the prefectures, prefectures and counties to quickly set up Mongolian primary schools throughout the countryside and city. The imperial examination system was a system in which various feudal dynasties after the Sui Dynasty set up examinations to select officials. It got its name because it selected officials according to subjects. In the Han Dynasty, there was a method of selecting talents through examination, but it was a temporary measure and did not form a customized method. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty abolished the "nine-grade justice system, which was monopolized by the family, and established two sections of ambition, discipline, and discipline, and clarity, peace, and prosperity in the seventh year of the Emperor's reign (AD 587). During the reign of Emperor Yang, the Jinshi Division was first established. In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the Jinshi subjects, the subjects of Scholar, Ming Fa, Ming Shu, and Ming arithmetic were re-established, as well as the subjects of First History, Third History, Kaiyuan Rites, Tongzi, Daoju, etc. Wu Zetian personally conducted the palace examination and added martial arts examinations. It is called a system section held by the emperor's special edict. Among the various subjects, only the Jinshi subject is permanent and is the most important. After the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system of each dynasty only had Jinshi subjects. The main examination of poetry and Fu in the Tang and Song Jinshi subjects is poetry and Fu. During the Xining period of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Yu Anshi changed to the meaning of classics. The Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties have uniform appliance laws. The scriptures of the Ming and Qing Dynasties took the sentences of the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" as their titles, and stipulated that the format of the article should be eight-part prose, and the interpretation must be based on Zhu Xi's "Four Books Collection Notes" and other books. After the 1880s, with the spread of Western learning and the development of the Westernization Movement, the imperial examination system changed. In 1888, the Qing government approved the establishment of computing disciplines to recruit scholars, and for the first time included natural science in the examination content. In 1898, a special economic section was added to recommend talents who have experienced economic changes. At the same time, in response to the suggestions of Kang Youwei and others, the policy theory of changing the eight-share test was abolished, the proposition was formulated based on current times, and it was strictly prohibited to determine the merits based on the merits of the script method. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, Cixi ordered that all examinations follow the old system. After the Qing court implemented the "New Deal" in September 1901, major officials in various places filed petitions, reiterating the reform of the imperial examination and restoring special economic subjects. On August 15, 1902, the Qing court promulgated the "Regulations of the Court of Judgment". At this time, the imperial examination had changed the eight-part policy into policy theory, but it had not yet been abolished. Because the imperial examination was based on wealth, people rushed to it, making it difficult for new schools to develop. Therefore, the Qing court issued an edict to approve the petition of Yuan Shikai and Zhang Zhidong, integrating educating people and selecting talents into the school path. At this point, the imperial examination system, which had lasted for more than 1300 years in China's history, was finally abolished, and the imperial examination selection and school education were completely separated.