The Effect of Official Service Examination on Aristocratic Families in Song Dynasty——A Case of Dongping Lianghao Family in Shandong

As an important way selecting officials in Song Dynasty,the Official Service Examination System has a great effect on aristocratic and notable familie.Liang hao's family,as the case,reveals how the family develop into an aristocratic family lasting for one hundrand years,or so from an unknown average family,expound and prove the Imperial Examination System which assumes the function of selecting officers is not only a main way to accomplish aristocratic and notable family but also an important means of maintaining and developping the aristocratic and notable family.