左宗棠以前连秀才都不是,考举人是没资格的,但政策可以变通,清朝的变通法子是“捐监”:未曾中过秀才者,如果想参加乡试,可以出钱买一个监生文凭,一样可以“中举”。 Tso Tsung-t’ang was not even a scholar of the past. Exam candidates were ineligible, but his policies were flexible. The Qing dynasty’s remedial method was “donating prison ”: those who have not been in scholar before, if you want to participate in the rural examinations, you can pay for a supervisor Diploma, the same can “move ”.