A Debate on Poem and Fu and Confucian Classics Argumentation from Middle to Late Northern Song Dynasty

Poem and Fu is an important part of Imperial examination from Tang to Early Northern Song Dynasty.Since Mid-Northern Song,suffered more and more criticisms,the position of Poem and Fu declined.During Qingli New Deal and Xi'ning Reform,the debate on Shifu and Jingyi was very complicated.On Yuanyou 4th,the examination was divided into two sections:Shifu and Jingyi.This reform laid the cornerstone of Imperial examination system for South Song Dynasty.