经济特科,是清末科举中特设选拔“洞达中外时务”人才的科目。它倡之于光绪戊戌,举之于光绪癸卯,是当时科举改革中的一件大事。但由于事后不久科举被废除,清政府亦迅速走向覆亡,故而此举一直未能引起史学界的重视。笔者认为,清末经济特科,是近代激烈的民族斗争和阶级斗争在文化教育领域里的突出反映,是中西文化冲突和交流的产物。它的提出到终结的全过程,反映了近代中国文化教育发展的趋向。虽然它对清末社会的影响不大,但对当时中国新学风的兴起及新式学堂的设立,却起了一定的积极作用。 Economic special subjects, is the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination in the ad hoc selection of “foreign-time affairs” talents. It advocated Guangxu Wu Xu, cited in Guangxu Guimao, was an important event in the imperial examination reform. However, due to the abolition of the imperial civil examinations shortly afterwards, the Qing government also quickly came to its demise. Therefore, it failed to attract the attention of historians. The author believes that the special economic system in the late Qing Dynasty was a prominent reflection of the fierce ethnic struggles and class struggles in the field of culture and education in the modern era and a product of the conflicts and exchanges between Chinese and Western cultures. Its proposal to the end of the whole process reflects the trend of development of modern Chinese culture and education. Although it had little impact on the society in the late Qing Dynasty, it played an active role in the rise of the new academic atmosphere in China at that time and the establishment of the new school.