An Analysis on Enrollment by Composing Poems in the Highest Imperial Examinations in the Tang Dynasty

Enrollment in the highest imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty from asking-answering questions in the early Tang Dynasty to composing essays or poems in WU Ze-tian's Period, then to composing simply poems even regulated verses in the prosperous Tang Dynasty indicates the close relationship between the imperial examinations and poetic literature in the Tang Dynasty which laid special emphasis on literature in the imperial examinations, thus promoting the development and prosperity of the Tang poetry.