科举制度对大唐帝国成为中国封建发展史上的鼎盛时代有着不可磨灭的贡献,但其在推行之初就显示了严重的消极性,对知识阶层来说,弊大于利。科举制度的实行,使知识阶层作为统治集团成员的政治地位得到制度上的保证,但这一地位是以知识阶层原来就很有限的独立性为代价换取的。知识阶层的地位并非 The imperial examination system has an indelible contribution to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the history of the Chinese feudalism. However, the imperial examination system showed serious negative effects at the beginning of its implementation, which would do more harm than good to the intellectual class. The implementation of the imperial examination system has institutionalized the political status of the intelligentsia as a member of the ruling group, but this status has been met at the expense of the intelligentsia with a very limited degree of independence. The status of the intellectual class is not