This book focuses on the phenomenon of regional specialization in the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty, in which scholars from the same region studied the same classics to take the exam. Through the study of the Spring and Autumn Classics in Anfu, Jiangxi, the Spring and Autumn Classics in Macheng, Huguang, the Book of Rites in Huanggang, the Shangshu Classics in Wuxi, South Zhili, and the Book of Changes in Yuyao, Zhejiang. With specific cases such as the "Book of Rites" and other classics, this article systematically examines the entire process of the formation, development, decline, and end of regional specialties. It also analyzes the role played by social factors such as population mobility and publishing in the flow of Confucian classics resources, and finally discusses the status of imperial examinations in the history of Confucian classics in the Ming Dynasty.
