The Influence of Population and Imperial Examination on the Book Publishing Market in the Song Dynasty  

作　　者：BAI Jin 

机构地区：[1]College of Chinese Language and Literature,Henan University,Kaifeng 475001,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of History in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2024年第2期169-180,共12页中国高等学校学术文摘·历史学（英文版）

基　　金：This paper is a phased result of“On the Research of Cultural Transformation in the Tang and Song Dynasties and Bibliographic Evolution”(No.16BTQ040),a common project of the National Social Science Fund of China.

摘　　要：The population of the Song Dynasty increased on a larger scale than that of the previous dynasties,and the Song government reformed the imperial examination system.As a result,the size of participants in the imperial examination and educated populations expanded rapidly.The overall cultural level of the Song Dynasty had been greatly improved.Both the literati and the general public had specific reading skills.The demand for books was constantly increasing.With the popularization of woodblock printing,the Song people could meet the increasing social and cultural needs.Book consumption demand and book production tended to be coordinated.The first genuinely large-scale book publishing market was thus formed.

关 键 词：Song Dynasty POPULATION participants of the imperial examination consumption of books publishing market 

分 类 号：G239.29[文化科学] K244[历史地理—历史学]