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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

authority, Sejong did not suppress the press and promoted meritocracy through gwageo, the national civil service exam. During the Goryeo period, monks wielded...

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

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

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...

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)...

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

Joseon dynasty, Seonbi walked over this way to go to Hanyang to take the Gwageo. The Old Daegwallyeong way used to be one of the sections of Yeongdong Expressway...

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-tong (만월동/滿月洞): Named after Manwoldae...

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

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

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...

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

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...

Korea, popular debates about "cleansing history" (Korean: 내역(과거)청산; RR: gwageo cheongsan; MR: kwagŏ ch'ŏngsan) focus on finding and recriminating "collaborators"...

poetry, calligraphy, and painting. He entered royal service by passing gwageo in 1441 under the reign of king Sejong (1397–1418–1450). Gang Huian and...

age of 23, he took three different civil service literary examinations (gwageo) and received the highest marks possible on each of them. In 1367, he became...