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  2. Imperial examination - Wikipedia

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    The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.The concept of choosing bureaucrats by merit rather than by birth started early in Chinese history, but using written examinations as a tool of selection started in earnest during the Sui dynasty [1] (581–618), then into the Tang ...

  3. Jinshi - Wikipedia

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    進士. Jinshi ( Chinese: 進士; pinyin: jìnshì) was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. [1] [2] The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was also called the Metropolitan Exam. Recipients are sometimes referred to in English-language sources as Imperial Scholars.

  4. Taixue - Wikipedia

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    Taixue taught Confucianism and Chinese literature among other things for high level civil service posts, although a civil service system based upon competitive examination rather than recommendation was not introduced until the Sui and did not become a mature system until the Song dynasty (960–1279).

  5. Zhuangyuan - Wikipedia

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    Zhuangyuan, or trạng nguyên in Vietnamese, variously translated into English as principal graduate, primus, or optimus, [1] was the title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score on highest level of the Imperial examination, Metropolitan examination [] (in the Tang dynasty) and Palace examination [] (in the Song dynasty) [2] in ancient China and Vietnam.

  6. Mandarin (bureaucrat) - Wikipedia

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    Nguyễn Văn Tường ( chữ Hán: 阮文祥, 1824–1886) was a mandarin of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam. A mandarin ( Chinese: 官; pinyin: guān) was a bureaucrat scholar in the history of China, Korea and Vietnam . The term is generally applied to the officials appointed through the imperial examination system.

  7. Scholar-official - Wikipedia

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    The strong relationship between Imperial Examination and the official position were still present, though the entire society formed a climate of "studying well so as to become an official" 学而优则仕. [17] In 1905, the Qing government abolished the imperial examination system, leading to the gradual disappearance of scholar-officials.

  8. Annam (French protectorate) - Wikipedia

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    Annam ( chữ Hán: 安南; alternate spelling: Anam ), or Trung Kỳ ( 中圻 ), was a French protectorate encompassing the territory of the Empire of Đại Nam in Central Vietnam. Before the protectorate's establishment, the name Annam was used in the West to refer to Vietnam as a whole; Vietnamese people were referred to as Annamites ...

  9. Exam - Wikipedia

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    American students in a computer fundamentals class taking an online test in 2001. An examination ( exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs ). [1] A test may be administered verbally, on paper ...