八股取士制度是科举制发展的合乎逻辑的产物，它大约定型于明代中叶。八股又称“制义”或“制艺”，是明朝以后关于科举考试命题和答卷文体的僵化的规定。明初规定乡试、会试各考三场，第一场是经义，包括四书义三篇，各２００字以上，五经义四篇，各３００字以上；第二场... The eight-person system is a logical product of the development of the imperial examination system, and it is approximately stereotyped in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Also known as the “system of justice” or “art”, the eight shares of the Ming Dynasty after the Ming dynasty on the imperial examination questions and answer the rigid style of the provisions. At the beginning of the Ming regulations rural exams, will try each test three, the first is the righteousness, including the four syllables three, each of 200 words, four, four four, each 300 words or more; second ...