一提起中国对世界文明的贡献,大部分人会说到四大发明,一提起中国传统文化的缺陷,科举制必然是一个令人厌恶的缺陷。正如19世纪中叶英国有些议员对中国文化的攻击那样,说中国文化是“小脚,鸦片和科举”。鸦片不是中国的特产,倒是英国人用军舰和大炮强加给我们的。可笑的是英国人反诬是中国的文化特产。小脚算是中国的土产,但在漫长的中国历史上它为时并不算很久。唯有科举制既是我们自己的土特产,又有比小脚长得多的历史。而且恰恰就是 Mentioning the contribution made by China to the world civilization, most people will talk about the four great inventions and the shortcomings of China’s traditional culture. The imperial examination system must be an unpleasant defect. Just as some members of the British government in mid-19th century were attacking Chinese culture, they said that Chinese culture is “little feet, opium and imperial examination.” Opium is not a special product of China, but rather it is imposed on us by warships and artillery. Ironically, the British anti-framed China is a cultural specialty. Feet are considered China’s indigenous products, but it is not a long time in the long history of China. Only the imperial examination system is both our own native products, there is much longer than the small foot history. And exactly that