What was the first place in the ancient imperial examination?

The first place in the ancient imperial examinations in China was awarded as the champion.

The number one scholar was China's first scholar in the ancient imperial examination-palace examination Jinshi. The selection of the imperial examination champion began in Sui Dynasty, established in Tang Dynasty and completed in Song Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, palace examination ranked first, second and third, named "No.1 Scholar", "No.1 Scholar" and "Flower Exploration", which were collectively called "Sandingjia".

The No.1 scholar was named "Dakui Tianxia", and it was also called "Dianyuan" because it was the first in palace examination. It is also called Dingyuan because it ranks first among the three Ding families.

In ancient times, it was not easy to win the first prize in the exam. It must go through several stages: children's examination, university examination, rural examination, general examination and palace examination. Palace examinations are usually presided over by ministers appointed by the emperor. Once a top student in high school, wearing a red shirt, beating gongs and drums to knock gold, riding a horse to swim the streets, crowding round, very awesome.

As for the "second place", it is the imperial examination name that China won the second place in the imperial examination in ancient times. The title of "second place" is later than that of "champion", but this title did not exist in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the name "No.2", like "No.1 scholar" and "flower exploration", is a folk idiom, not an official one. On the gold list officially issued by the imperial court, only Jinshi No.1 ranked first, No.1 ranked second and No.1 ranked third.

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The first scholar in history was the grandson of Tang Wude for five years, and the last scholar was the grandson of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty for thirty years. From the fifth year of Wude in Tang Gaozu (622) to the last scientific examination in the 30th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1904), during the period of *** 1282, * * recruited 654 literary champions and 65438 martial arts champions.

The youngest top scholars are Su Gui in the year of Xian Qingyuan (656) and Guo in the year of Xian Hengnian (673), both of whom are below 18. Yin Shu is the oldest scholar in the Tang Dynasty, who took part in dozens of imperial examinations in his life. It was not until he was over 70 years old that he recommended himself as a champion and realized his long-cherished wish of becomingno. 1.

Although there was a female emperor Wu Zetian in the history of China, there were few female champions in the real sense. Only during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the Qing Dynasty, Fu Shanxiang, a 20-year-old woman, took part in the imperial examination organized by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and became the champion.