Three times failure in the selection of ministry of personnel:A study of HAN Yu's participation of bo xue hongci examination
HAN Yu said that"he failed three times in the Ministry of Personnel'simperial examinations"refers to his three times failure to pass the Boxue Hongci examination.The details of these"Three examination"vary among different schools,which resulting in confusion over the chronology of HAN Yu's life and works.Based on the selection system of the Tang Dynasty and HAN Yu's life experience as a Jinshi in the spring of the eighth year of the Zhenyuan era,as well as LI Guan's work Poem to celebrate the emperor bestowed a ruler in Zhonghe Festival that took the exam at the same time,it can be inferred that HAN Yu first gathered in the winter of the eighth year of the Zhenyuan era and took the exam in the spring of the ninth year of the Zhenyuan era;Based on the relevant statements in HAN Yu's Letter to Cui Lizhi and Letter to Cui Yubu(虞部)on the Examination of Hong Ci,combined with Hong Xingzu's examination of background and spe-cific content of the"Taiqing Palace Purple Pole Dance Ode"in Han Zi Chronology,it is inferred that winter collection of HAN Yu's second Boxue Hongci examination was in the winter of the ninth year of Zhenyuan era,and the examination was also in the winter of the year.The famous"Yanzi do not make the same mistake twice"is the work for this exam;Based on the content and creation time of Sacrifice to nephew twelve Langand Letter to the Prime Minister,combined with the content of one of the test questions"Lovely Winter Poems",and the old annotations of HAN Yu's Discussion of student replacing Zhailang,it can be inferred that HAN Yu's third winter collection in the Boxue Hongci examination was in the winter of the tenth year of the Zhenyuan era,and the exam was also in the winter of the same year.
HAN Yuboxue hongci examinationselection of officialsYan Zi do not make the same mistake twicediscussion of student replacing zhailang
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