A Way for Recruiting Ideal Generals?— The Military Academy and Military Examination in the Song Dynasty
Date Issued
2002-10-31
Date
2002-10-31
Author(s)
DOI
912411H002099
Abstract
In the Song dynasty, the establishment of
military examination and the military academy
made Chinese government take the
responsibility to cultivate martial talents and
select military officials by regularly written
examination. This invention creates a model for
later dynasties, as the Jin, Ming and Qing
adopted similar method to recruit military
officials.
Through collecting and analyzing related
materials of military academy and examination,
this project tries to understand the difficulties in
military education and recruitment in the Song
China. Moreover, while the civil elite
dominated government, the issue of military
recruitment serves as window to research the
civil-military relationship in the Song.
The achievements of this project include
two parts. First, I create a website to
demonstrate the related information of military
examination and military academy for other
historians. Second, I composed an article which
analyzes the factors causing the creation of
military examination and academy and the
actual influences made by these two institutions.
The actual function of the military examination
and academy, I argue, is to provide the dynasty
an image of civil-military balance rather than to
recruit excellent generals.
Subjects
Civil-military relationship
Military Academy
Military Examination
Song Dynasty
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學歷史學系暨研究所
Type
report
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