「限制式寫作測驗」在近十餘年的大學入學考試與國家考試的「國文」科試題中，幾乎已經取代「傳統作文」而蔚為「寫作測驗」的主流，因此也出現不少與「限制式寫作」有關的探討。本文嘗試對「限制式寫作測驗」進行「追本溯源」的考察，認為唐代科舉的「甲賦」堪為今日「限制式寫作測驗」的前驅之一。本文除了說明唐代「甲賦」常用來限制考生的項目，並模擬唐代「甲賦」的七項「能力指標」：「能掌握律賦的基本書寫規則」、「能掌握協聲押韻的規則」、「能判讀篇題與典籍的關聯」、「能依據篇題，樹立中心」、「能開展中心，層次敘寫」、「能就韻生句，造語流暢」、「能化用古事，切題入勝」，其於「認知歷程」向度上兼顧了記憶、理解、應用、創造等能力層級。

In recent years, controlled writing has replaced free writing as the major task type in assessing examinees’ Mandarin Chinese writing proficiency in both college entrance exams and exams for civil servants here in Taiwan. This new trend has attracted the attention of many scholars and teachers and has generated heated discussion on the island. This paper traces the origin of contemporary controlled writing test back to “Jia Fu” in the Tang Dynasty (618-907A.D.). This paper looks into the test specifications in Jia Fu, citing examples and comparing them with contemporary writing proficiency test items. In addition, the seven proficiency descriptors identified in Jia Fu are examined along the lines of Anderson & Krathwohl’s (2001) revision of B. S. Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives.