在学术研究领域,任何一项专题研究的深入发展,都需要基础研究的支持。有关宋代科举的研究,虽然不乏一些优秀成果,但从总体上来说,它既不如唐代科举研究那么兴盛,也不如宋代经济史、宋代政治制度史、宋代官制史等专门史那么深入,其中一个重要原因,就是宋代科举的基础性 In the field of academic research, the development of any one of thematic studies needs the support of basic research. The research on the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty, although there are some outstanding achievements, but on the whole it is not as prosperous as the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, nor as deep as the specialized history of the Song Dynasty's economic history, the political system of the Song Dynasty, the official history of the Song Dynasty, etc. The important reason is the foundation of the imperial examinations in Song Dynasty