On the cultural mechanism of the long - term existence of eight - part essay 论八股文长期沿用的文化机制
Yuan hongdao and the eight - part essay 袁宏道与八股文
The eight - part essay writing in the imperial examination system has drawn much criticism , especially on the daiyan part 摘要科举考试专用文体之一的八股文历来受到人们的批判和指斥,其“代言”又成为人们批判八股文的重要内容。
Eight - part essay is a kind of stereotyped writing style , the criticism of which has hardly ceased since the ming dynasty 摘要八股文是一种相当僵化的文体,自明代开始,对八股文的批评几乎无时或息,但它为什么能够长期沿用达五百多年之久呢?
Therefore , four books and five classics and eight - part essays became the main knowledge to be acquired and the knowledge that was not related to the examination was discarded 也正因此, 《四书五经》和八股文成为士人所学习的主要知识,其他无关应考的知识一概被摒弃。