从科举考试性质、内容与形式看高考作文命题

绵延1300多年的中国古代科举考试，是古代一种选拔政府官员的考试，在内容上主要是考查考生掌握儒家经典等相关知识。考试还就当时政治、经济、军事、生产等方面提出亟待解决的问题，由应试者发表意见，作出书面回答。由此选拔官员（候补官员）。在考试形式上，由口试与笔试两种。笔试情况复杂，又有“帖经”、“墨义”、“策问”、“诗赋”等多种形式。因此，中国古代不存在今天意义上的“语文考试”。即便是1300多年的科举考试，也不是只考一篇作文。我们不能从“中国古代1300多年的语文考试只考一篇作文”这一错误的前提，得出“高考语文只要考一篇作文”的结论。

Looking at the Composition Topic Setting in the College Entrance Examination from the Nature,Content and Form of the Imperial Civil Service Examination

China's ancient imperial civil service examination that lasted for more than 1300 years was one that was for selecting government officials,and the content of which was to test the examinees' knowledge of the Confucianist classics.Besides,the test also included questions related to politics,economy,military,and production that needed to be answered orally and in written form by the candidates.Officials(alternate ones) were selected in this way.The test had two forms: written and oral,the former of which was...