Sui and Tang · Tang Official

Liu Sili 劉思立

Attested AD 649 - AD 683

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Sili was a Tang Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 681 永隆二年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 83
AD 649 to AD 683 高宗朝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 144

Career and standing

Vice-Director of the Ministry of Personnel (Bureau of Merit Ratings) 考功員外郎
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 83

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 83

Works and attributed material

memorial on examination abuses 建言
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 83

Events and relationships

Reformed examination format
Administrative · Proposer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passages 83-84

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 83

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 44Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 · 2 passages

永隆二年，考功員外郎劉思立建言，明經多抄義條，進士唯誦舊策，皆亡實才，而有司以人數充第。 In 681, Vice-Director Liu Sili memorialized that Mingjing candidates mostly copied textbook entries, while Jinshi merely recited old examination answers—neither showed real ability, yet officials passed candidates merely to fill quotas.

高宗朝，劉思立加進士雜文，明經填帖，故為進士者皆誦當代之文，而不通經史，明經者但記帖括。 Under Gaozong, Liu Sili added literary compositions to the Jinshi examination and fill-in passages to Mingjing; Jinshi candidates thereafter memorized contemporary essays without mastering the classics or histories, while Mingjing candidates merely memorized passage extracts.