Number One Scholars Were Ignored in Tang Dynasty

In Tang Dynasty it was very easy for examinees to obtain the laurel of Number One Scholar,so they enjoyed no special treatment after getting the title.The scholars were not assigned official positions punc-tually,or very low positions were assigned to them later.They were not looked up to with special respect because of the title even after they were engaged in official work.The places that the scholars had taken were neglected and the termNumber One Scholarwas seldom used in the collected works of Tang Dynasty.In a word,of the same title,the status of theNumber One Scholarsof Tang Dynasty was far lower than that after the of middle Song Dynasty.