Kang Youwei is from Nanhai, Guangdong. Why did 1888 go to Shuntian, Beijing to take the provincial examination?

Generally speaking, the provincial examination should be a provincial examination, but there are many practices similar to those of immigrants in the college entrance examination today, and many people go to Beijing to take the examination.

Judging from the available information, many cattle people openly go to Beijing from their hometown to take an examination of villages and towns. There are many such records, and it can be inferred that at least some "immigrants after having obtained the township examination" are legal, such as Kang Youwei and Zhang Jian. After all, Beijing is a special place: the capital. I guess it was the policy at that time that allowed candidates with certain background or official recommendation to take the rural examination in Shuntianfu directly (sorry, no direct information was found). In addition, the admission quota of Shuntianfu seems to be taken directly in proportion, so even if the number of candidates increases, it is only necessary to increase the total admission number. In addition, the proportion of such legal "immigrants after the rural examination" is not high, so there will be no adverse effects.

Kang Youwei's qualification after having obtained the provincial examination has also been analyzed by scholars before. The first provincial exam should be a "make-up exam" with excellent results. By 1888, when his grandfather died in the line of duty, Kang Youwei was qualified to be a "film supervisor". This may be that he can pass the inter-provincial exam.

Kang had been taking an exam in Guangzhou before, but he didn't get in. He moved to another place, probably because he wanted to change his luck.

Judging from the existing records, it seems that it is legal to see only those who cross the border to Beijing after passing the provincial examination in other provinces.

Related information:

Huang Zhang, a native of Shunde, Guangdong Province, was a scholar at the age of nearly 40, took a make-up exam in Lin Sheng at the age of 60, was selected as a Gong Sheng at the age of 83, and took the provincial examination at the age of 100. From Guangdong to Beijing, he took exams all the way and took care of his great-grandson. When he entered the examination room, Huang Zhang wrote on a lantern the words "Hundred Years Closed Factory", and his great-grandson led him.