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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

in standardized tests. There is a whole area of myth around the Imperial examination in Chinese mythology. For example, in the area of literature, success...

(杜平), a friend from his hometown, to take part in the state-wide imperial examinations held in the capital city Chang'an. Though Zhong Kui attained great...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

role in the Late Qing reforms, which included the abolition of the imperial examination. Yuan fell from power upon the death of Cixi in 1908 and was forced...

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