Edict for schools in prefectures and counties; examination rules revised
The Song shi basic annals record that in the third lunar month of Qingli 4 (AD 1044) an edict ordered the prefectures and counties of the empire to establish schools and revised the examination (keju, 科舉) regulations, the annals referring to the Treatise on Selection (選舉志) for details.
What this does and does not establish
The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The annals give no details of the revised regulations here; the referenced Treatise on Selection was not inspected.
- Read through an AI working translation.
- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Culture and knowledge
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 慶曆 4 (慶曆四年 as numbered by the annals), lunar month 3
- How we use it
- Year assigned from the lunar month under which the annals enter the item; the sexagenary day was not converted to a Julian day.
The date reference is this project’s reading of the source’s date. It may give an era name, a reign or a calendar in a normalised form rather than in the source’s own words; the dating notes say what the source prints.
Dating notes from the research record
Lunar month 3 of 慶曆 4 = Julian 1044-04-01 to 1044-04-29, per Academia Sinica 兩千年中西曆轉換 year table(s) 慶曆4.html (sha256 17019bdcfcd8…); the whole month lies in AD 1044.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Song shi (History of Song), basic annals
Toghto (脫脫) et al., Yuan court historiographers
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Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
乙亥，詔天下州縣立學，更定科舉法，語在《選舉志》。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On the yihai day, an edict ordered the prefectures and counties of the empire to establish schools, and the examination regulations were revised; the account is in the "Treatise on Selection".
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: Song shi, juan 11, zh.wikisource transcription (revision 2285045). English renderings are AI working translations, not published translations.
Exact source version
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