The Imperial Examination in Jiangsu in Song Dynasty

The imperial examination in Jiangsu in Song Dydasty can be summarized as follows: a large number of people took imperial examinations and passed; there existed a great gap between the south and the north in this area in terms of the number of successful candidates; and fraudulent practices at imperial examinations were occasionally heard of. These aroused the enthusiasm among the locals for initiating schools to promote education, but also restricted the teaching contents, and naturally changed the fate of some scholars.