周进是《儒林外史》中一个迂腐可怜的人物。“哭撞号板”是他上演的一场人生丑剧 ,表现了一个完全丧失自尊的封建末路文人的畸形人格。从医学心理角度研究周进哭撞号板、跪受馈赠的心理机制与生理机制 ,可见周进畸形人格正是他生活的那个畸形的社会与畸形的科举制度的必然产物。这一丑剧使我们不仅看到封建科举制度的种种罪恶 ,更看到了封建社会必然灭亡的历史趋势 Zhou Jin is a pedantic and pitiful figure in The Scholars. The crying plate was a life-time drama he staged, showing the abnormal personality of a feudal literati who lost his self-esteem altogether. From the point of view of medical psychology, we can study the psychological mechanism and physiological mechanism of Zhou Jinping crying plate and kneeling gifts. It shows that the abnormal character of Zhou Jin is the inevitable result of the abnormal society and abnormal system of imperial examination. This ugly drama enables us not only to see all the evils of the feudal system of imperial examination, but also to see the historical trend of the inevitable demise of the feudal society