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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. Meritocracy - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Meritocracy ( merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth, social class, [ 1] or race. Advancement in such a system is based ...

  4. Social structure of China - Wikipedia

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    The social structure of China has an expansive history which begins from the feudal society of Imperial China to the contemporary era. [1] There was a Chinese nobility, beginning with the Zhou dynasty. However, after the Song dynasty, the powerful government offices were not hereditary. Instead, they were selected through the imperial ...

  5. Postcolonialism - Wikipedia

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    Postcolonialism. Postcolonialism (also post-colonial theory) is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.

  6. Empirical research - Wikipedia

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    A scientist gathering data for her research. Empirical research is research using empirical evidence. It is also a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience. Empiricism values some research more than other kinds. Empirical evidence (the record of one's direct observations or experiences) can be analyzed ...

  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. 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.

  9. Gaze - Wikipedia

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    In critical theory, philosophy, sociology, and psychoanalysis, the gaze (French: le regard ), in the figurative sense, is an individual's (or a group's) awareness and perception of other individuals, other groups, or oneself. The concept and the social applications of the gaze have been defined and explained by existentialist and ...