Gongsheng and Jiansheng are the two most Chinese fame outside of Kejia, but some readers and friends don't know so much about the concepts of Gongsheng and Jiansheng, and they don't know what the difference is between them.
There are many types of tribute students, except for the regular tribute donated by spending money, the other tribute students are all selected from the provincial capitals, prefectures and counties, and the prison students also have many famous names, but their channels for entering the Guozijian are different from those of the tribute students, and a large part of them are the children of officials in the court, and they enter the Guozijian in the form of shadows.
In terms of cultural level, Gongsheng is obviously better than prisoners. However, from a broad point of view, whether it is a tribute student or a prison student, they are all students of Guozijian, collectively referred to as "prison students".
According to the regulations, every student who is selected for the national prison must be in the prison for a period of Xi time, which is called "sitting in prison". Due to the good foundation, the time of study Xi is generally not long, about 6 to 8 months, and after the expiration of the Xi can take the "court examination", and then different positions are awarded according to the results.
The time spent in prison is relatively long, ranging from two to three years, and because most of the inmates are not students, their academic level is uneven.
Therefore, according to the actual situation of the prisoners, Guozijian opened different classes. The inmates are divided into six classes, namely, spontaneity, cultivation, sincerity, righteousness, reverence, and broadness.
Zhengyi, Chongzhi, and Guangye belong to the beginner class, with a duration of one and a half years, the intermediate class of cultivation and sincerity, and the duration of one and a half years, and the advanced class, and students can only enter after three years of study and go through a rigorous examination.
As the highest institution of learning in the country, the living expenses of the inmates are all publicly-funded, and they can receive more than two taels of silver per month, and there are heating expenses in winter.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the reputation of the prisoners became worse and worse, and with the rise of donations, you could enter the Guozijian for a little money. Originally, the qualifications of the inmates were nothing more than to allow some people who were rich but not very good at Xi to study to skip the children's examination and directly participate in the township examination, but in fact, these people were just to donate fame, and very few people could be admitted to the examination.
In the last years of Guangxu, after the abolition of the imperial examination system, Guozijian also ended its historical mission and replaced it with the Jingshi University Hall.
