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Chinese examination system

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chinese examination system civil service recruitment method and educational system employed from the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) until it was abolished by the Ch'ing dowager empress Tz'u Hsi in 1905 under pressure from leading Chinese intellectuals. The concept of a state ruled by men of ability and virtue was an outgrowth of Confucian philosophy. The examination system was an attempt to recruit men on the basis of merit rather than on the basis of family or political connection. Because success in the examination system was the basis of social status and because education was the key to success... Read more
Chinese examination system
...credibility to claims of meritocracy. Too inflexible to be capable of modernization, the system was finally abolished in 1905. Five Classics ; Four Books . Chinese examination system Chinese examination system Chinese examination system Read more
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