eight-part essay
1.Shallowly Discussed The Debate About Abolishing The Eight-part Essay Examination Between Bourgeois Reformers and Diehards
2.Eight-part essay is a kind of stereotyped writing style, the criticism of which has hardly ceased since the Ming Dynasty.
3.However, it has been used for as long a five hundred years, for which there are three main reasons: firstly, it is employed in imperial examination system so as to satisfy the demand of ruling class for consolidating system and maintaining doctrine: secondly, used to test scholars, it makes contributions to the selection of talented people; lastly, the long-existing stereotyped cultural and academic system supports to a large degree imperial examination system, in which eight-part essay is employed, and forms a steady cultural environment as well.
