The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy...

Cross-examination Direct examination Exam as assessment, also "test", "exams", "evaluation" Civil service entrance examination Imperial examination Analysis...

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...

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...

wedding and successful students after the Imperial Examination, only the emperor could walk or ride on the Imperial Way. Traditionally, the Forbidden City...

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

influential people in the area, so he decided to take part in the Imperial Examination. In 1877, he became a scholar and was successful in obtaining the...

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...

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')...

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...

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...

High School Scholastic Aptitude Examination (初中学业水平考试), commonly abbreviated as the Zhongkao (中考), is the examination for junior high school graduation...

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

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

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

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

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

鄉試) exam in the imperial examination system of imperial China. The xiangshi is also known, in English, as the provincial examination. It was a rank higher...

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...

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

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...

the country from an early age. He had received an education for imperial examination, which lay a foundation for his poetry writing. However, he failed...

was influenced by the ancient Chinese imperial examination. This system was modeled on the imperial examinations system and bureaucracy of China based...

to get promoted to become an official was through "imperial examination." The "imperial examination" selects officials mainly through literature skills...

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...