Imperial examination 科舉 The imperial examination (Chinese: 科舉; pinyin: kējǔ; lit. "subject recommendation") was a civil service examination system in...

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written examinations were first implemented in China. They were commonly known as the imperial examinations (keju). The bureaucratic imperial examinations as...

The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China designed to select the best potential candidates to serve as administrative...

most ancient example of such exams were the imperial examinations of ancient China. Competitive examinations are tests where candidates are ranked according...

largest examination hall for imperial examination in ancient China. It now houses the Imperial Examination Museum. The Jiangnan Examination Hall (Jiangnan...

from this era. Song scientific advancement led the world, and the imperial examination system gave ideological structure to the political bureaucracy. Confucianism...

meritocratic civil service can be traced back to imperial examination founded in Imperial China. The imperial exam based on merit was designed to select the...

ride on the Imperial Way, except for the Empress on the occasion of her wedding, and successful students after the Imperial Examination. Traditionally...

to the central state. She also played a key role in reforming the imperial examination system and encouraging capable officials to work in governance to...

highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was...

achieve positions in the bureaucracy. Based on the civil service examinations of imperial China, the gwageo first arose in Unified Silla, gained importance...

Hong claimed to have experienced mystical visions after failing the imperial examination. He came to believe that his celestial father he saw in the visions...

The Nationwide Unified Examination for Admissions to General Universities and Colleges (普通高等学校招生全国统一考试), commonly abbreviated as Gaokao (高考; 'Higher Exam')...

core of the Chinese classics on which students were tested in the Imperial examination system. The Four Books (四書; Sìshū) are Chinese classic texts illustrating...

xiucai, juren, or jinshi) by passing the imperial examinations. Scholar-officials were the elite class of imperial China. They were highly educated, especially...

political prominence through success in imperial examination. Under some dynasties the imperial examinations were abolished and official posts were simply...

became a required textbook in schools and a required reading for imperial examinations. During the Warring States Xunzi and Mengzi were influenced by the...

term is generally applied to the officials appointed through the imperial examination system. The English term comes from the Portuguese mandarim (spelled...

indifference and ridicule. The story critiques pre-modern China’s imperial examination system which produced people like Kong Yiji. In March 2023, the song...

governance. Such civil servants earned academic degrees by means of Imperial examination, and also were skilled calligraphers, and knew Confucian philosophy...

reforms, competitive examinations took place to determine which candidates qualified to hold given positions. The imperial examination system lasted until...

an examination to become a government officer, a position which would bring wealth and honour to the whole family. The Chinese imperial examination system...

Sui and Tang; the Tang saw a golden age of imperial education with the establishment of Imperial examination by the earlier Sui, and would be retained...

category of examinations for the "presented scholar" (jinshi ke 进士科). These three categories of examination were the origins of the imperial examination system...

positions in the imperial court. Two of the top candidates in this examination were Trương Hanh and Lưu Diễm. After another imperial examination in 1239, the...

service examinations had existed since the Sui dynasty, they became much more prominent in the Song period. Officials gaining power through imperial examination...

educational establishments for their offspring. Establishment of the imperial examinations (advocated in the Warring States period, originated in Han, founded...

of Examination Yuan is a part of the Three Principles of the People formulated by Sun Yat-sen, which was enlightened by the old Imperial examination system...

dynasty. Born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, Zuo sat for the imperial examination in his youth but obtained only a juren degree. He then spent his...