Students who entered imperial academy in the Ming Dynasty had to enter the lower class first. After a year and a half, those who passed their studies were promoted to the intermediate class. After another year and a half, those who are "proficient in history and literature, both in arts and sciences" were promoted to advanced classes. Then, they adopted the integral method and passed the monthly exam. After one year, they can be appointed as officials.
During the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, established the imperial academy, which was an important progress of the ancient academic system in China. There is no definite study period in imperial academy, but the examination is very strict. In the Western Han Dynasty, the exam was taken once a year, and the way was "setting subjects and shooting strategies", which is equivalent to today's lottery question and answer. In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the examination was changed to two years, and those who passed the examination were awarded official positions, otherwise they stayed to continue their studies.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, official schools began to make clear regulations on students' ages and study years. For example, law students are between the ages of 18 and 25, and their study period is six years. There are three kinds of exams: ten-day exam, old exam and graduation exam. The ten-day exam covers the courses learned in ten days, and those who fail will be punished. The content of the annual review is the courses completed within one year, and those who fail are repeated; If you pass the graduation exam, you will be qualified for the imperial examination, otherwise you will be ordered to drop out of school.
In the early Ming Dynasty, imperial academy played a very important role in the political life of the Ming Empire. Before the imperial examination became the main channel of official career, it was the main standby "army" of Zhu Yuanzhang's regime officials.
These Guo Jian students actively participated in the social and economic recovery and construction in the early Ming Dynasty, such as drawing and editing fish scale books and serving as local inspectors, and made considerable contributions. After the middle period of Hongwu, the imperial examination system was gradually established and stabilized, and imperial academy became the main preparation place for the imperial examination.
In addition, imperial academy has collected, edited and published many books and materials. The Yongle Dadian (volume ***222 1 1) compiled during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty was first published in imperial academy, Nanjing, and it was the largest encyclopedia in ancient China (up to the Ming Dynasty).