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...
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service examinations called Gwageo under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties. Based on the examinations of imperial China, the gwageo first arose in Unified Silla...
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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...
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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...
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most students was successful passage of the state examinations, known as gwageo. Educational institutions were extremely widespread in the country, and...
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the Goryeo Dynasty. The clans produced many individuals who passed the gwageo, and 3 Queen Consorts during the Joseon Dynasty, Queen Sunwon, Queen Hyohyeon...
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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...
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by forbidding the sons and grandsons of remarried women from taking the Gwageo. However, women were entitled to inherit property. In the family, women...
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Four Books and Five Classics, Confucian works used in the examinations Gwageo, Korean national examination system begun in Unified Silla, expanded in...
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the disciplines. Bureaucrats of Hyeminseo were also appointed through the gwageo recruitment examination. Hyeminseo aimed to benefit the people but its coverage...
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speech, and encouraged the meritocratic elevation of scholars who passed the gwageo, the national civil service exams first invented by the Sui dynasty. During...
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technically supposed to receive equal access to education and the taking of the gwageo (civil service examinations), the nobility used their influence to place...
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Chinese official from the Later Zhou dynasty, Gwangjong implemented the gwageo civil service examinations, based primarily on the imperial examination...
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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...
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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)...
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for the students to pass the higher national civil service examinations (gwageo). Like their Chinese counterpart, these examinations were on writing ability...
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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...
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potential candidate for the gwageo, the traditional Korean civil service examination, but in 1894 reforms abolished the gwageo system, and in April he enrolled...
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'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...
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until the Gabo Reforms of the 1890s. After King Gwangjong established the gwageo civil service examinations on the Chinese model in 958, familiarity with...
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is a state-sponsored academy where students studied to prepare for the gwageo, the civil service examinations during the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon...
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advice, Gwangjong instituted the national civil service examination (과거; Gwageo) in 958, with the goal to expel officials who gained court positions due...
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yangban class, which prevented the lower classes from taking the advanced gwageo exams so they could dominate the bureaucracy. Below the yangban were the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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social advancement, including entry into government service or taking the gwageo civil service examinations. The cheonmin, although a step above the traditional...
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Silla and Balhae 918-1392 Goryeo - the national civil service examinations (gwageo) established in 958; 1392-1910 Joseon, see Education in the Joseon Dynasty...
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population of the Park family. Simultaneously with the abolition of the Gwageo national service examination, the Yangban system came to an end. During...
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