Gong registry, which is a list of provincial graduates, was created in the Tang Dynasty with the development of the imperial examination system. However, it became an archive of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, which mainly recorded the personal information and examinations of provincial graduates. It was a reflection of the elevated status of the group of provincial graduates. In order to better manage and appease the group of provincial graduates, the government of the Song Dynasty compiled the list of provincial graduates. And on basis of this, the Song Dynasty government also recorded the number of passing the regional examination, and established a system of exemption from the regional and national examination. At the same time, the system of punishments such as disqualification temporarily or permanently and the reward mechanism such as economic and legal privileges relied on the Gong registry. But in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial examinations must be by the school, the government to strengthen the management of low-level scholars. So Gong registry further moved down and the school registry expanded. The government held the archives range of sources expanding from provincial graduates to the majority of students. This somewhat weakened the independence of Gong registry, but the Ministry of Rites still retained effective management over provincial graduates through the archives.