The gwageo (Korean: 과거) or kwagŏ were the national civil service examinations under the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon (1392–1897) periods of Korea. Typically...

service examinations called Gwageo under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties. Based on the examinations of imperial China, the gwageo first arose in Unified Silla...

Another major factor in the adoption of hanmun was the adoption of the gwageo, copied from the Chinese imperial examination, open to all freeborn men...

a series of gwageo exams (one had to pass the "lesser gwageo" exam (소과) in both of two stages in order to qualify for the greater gwageo exam, which again...

most students was successful passage of the state examinations, known as gwageo. Educational institutions were extremely widespread in the country, and...

the Goryeo Dynasty. The clans produced many individuals who passed the gwageo, and 3 Queen Consorts during the Joseon Dynasty, Queen Sunwon, Queen Hyohyeon...

black gat (흑립; 黑笠; heungnip) was restricted to men who had passed the gwageo, or civil service examinations. In narrow definition, the term gat refers...

by forbidding the sons and grandsons of remarried women from taking the Gwageo. However, women were entitled to inherit property. In the family, women...

Four Books and Five Classics, Confucian works used in the examinations Gwageo, Korean national examination system begun in Unified Silla, expanded in...

the disciplines. Bureaucrats of Hyeminseo were also appointed through the gwageo recruitment examination. Hyeminseo aimed to benefit the people but its coverage...

speech, and encouraged the meritocratic elevation of scholars who passed the gwageo, the national civil service exams first invented by the Sui dynasty. During...

technically supposed to receive equal access to education and the taking of the gwageo (civil service examinations), the nobility used their influence to place...

Chinese official from the Later Zhou dynasty, Gwangjong implemented the gwageo civil service examinations, based primarily on the imperial examination...

history of selecting by public examination, in pre-Republic times by the Gwageo examinations, to choose those most able to fill the ranks of public office...

responsibility outside the military in Joseon period, one had to take a series of gwageo literary examinations and pass each of them (usually four to five times)...

for the students to pass the higher national civil service examinations (gwageo). Like their Chinese counterpart, these examinations were on writing ability...

road was used by scholars from Gyeongsang on their way to and from the gwageo: the national civil service examinations held in the capital. Much of the...

potential candidate for the gwageo, the traditional Korean civil service examination, but in 1894 reforms abolished the gwageo system, and in April he enrolled...

'Gatgoljae', a place where Goryeo scholars protested by refusing to take the Gwageo and take off their gat hats). Manwŏl-dong (만월동/滿月洞): Named after Manwoldae...

until the Gabo Reforms of the 1890s. After King Gwangjong established the gwageo civil service examinations on the Chinese model in 958, familiarity with...

is a state-sponsored academy where students studied to prepare for the gwageo, the civil service examinations during the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon...

advice, Gwangjong instituted the national civil service examination (과거; Gwageo) in 958, with the goal to expel officials who gained court positions due...

yangban class, which prevented the lower classes from taking the advanced gwageo exams so they could dominate the bureaucracy. Below the yangban were the...

of King Seongjong's reign, he entered to the court after he passed the gwageo, or civil service examination, with the highest marks. When Kim Ch'i-yang...

dynasty. He began studying at a seodang around age 8 in preparation for the gwageo, the demanding civil service examinations that determined placement in government...

instance, when a son of a family passed a civil service examination called gwageo, a sotdae was set up in the yard. In that case, it was colored in orange...

October 27, 2021 (2021-10-27) 16 "Sirang's past" Transliteration: "Silang-ui gwageo" (Korean: 시랑의 과거) November 3, 2021 (2021-11-03) 17 "Sirang and Unju" Transliteration:...

social advancement, including entry into government service or taking the gwageo civil service examinations. The cheonmin, although a step above the traditional...

Silla and Balhae 918-1392 Goryeo - the national civil service examinations (gwageo) established in 958; 1392-1910 Joseon, see Education in the Joseon Dynasty...

population of the Park family. Simultaneously with the abolition of the Gwageo national service examination, the Yangban system came to an end. During...