The imperial examinations in the Goryeo Dynasty evolved from the emphasis on poetry and Fu to the gradually increasing emphasis on Confucian classics and statecraft. With the rise of the call for reform in imperial examinations

there was a trend against parallel prose and regulated Fu and favoring ancient prose and ancient Fu

which was influenced by the imperial examination system and literary style of the Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty's imperial examination system was accepted at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty

which replaced poetry and regulated Fu with ancient Fu and questions on Confucian classics and statecraft

adopting ancient Fu in the imperial examination for the first time in the Korean Peninsula. After the founding of the Joseon Dynasty

ancient Fu became the official writing style of imperial examination

which lasted for more than 500 years

making Yuan Dynasty's imperial examination system continue for a long time outside China. In the early Joseon Dynasty

there were many debates on the issue of adopting Fu in the imperial examination

such as whether to adopt Confucian classics or poetry and Fu

whether to adopt ancient Fu or regulated Fu

and whether it was practical or not

which reflected different understandings of ancient Fu and adopting it in the imperial examination.