殿试制度起源考辨

殿试制度是科举制度研究中一个非常重要的问题,而关于殿试制度的起始时间学界一直说法不一。本文以三级考试为参照系,以此前一直被忽略的覆试制度为切入点,通过对与殿试起源相关诸问题的详细辨析,彻底澄清了殿试与覆试的联系与区别,否定了武则天载初元年、南唐乾德二年及宋开宝六年为殿试之始诸说,从而最终确定殿试制度正式开始的时间是宋太祖开宝八年。

An Examination of the Genesis of Final Imperial Examinations Presided over by the Emperor

the final imperial examinations presided over by the emperor was a very important subject in the Imperial Examination.There was different parlance about the starting time of the system in academe.The article take three-grade examination as the frame of reference from inspecting examination ignored always,analyzed problems about the starting time of the system,and defecated the affiliation and difference between the final imperial examinations presided over by the emperor and inspecting examinations.The author thought the first year of Wu ze-tian's zaicbu and the second year of South-tang's Qian de were not the starting time of the system,the author confirmed that the starting time of the system was the eighth year of North-song's Kaibao finally.