Late Song and Early Yuan Dynasty from the View of Yanyou Restarting Imperial Examination

Imperial examination represents the national academic willpower and have a great impact on the style of intellectual and the learning in that epoch.The abolishment of imperial examination at the beginning of Yuan counted much for the style of literati and officialdom between Song and Yuan dynasty; along with restarting the imperial examination , new Confucianism which was also determined as a reverence, deeply influenced the learning world of Yuan.