GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Civil-Service Exam
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Mandate of Heaven
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Earth & Water
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Mahajanapada
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Detailed explanation-1: -The imperial examination (Chinese: ; pinyin: kējǔ; lit. “subject recommendation") was a civil-service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The men who governed the empire had to pass a grueling exam. For roughly 1, 300 years, China’s emperors used the civil service examination system to identify talented men for government service. Stationed throughout the empire, scholar-officials maintained order and reported back to the emperor on local events.
Detailed explanation-3: -Imperial China was famous for its civil service examination system, which had its beginnings in the Sui dynasty (581-618 CE) but was fully developed during the Qing dynasty. The system continued to play a major role, not only in education and government, but also in society itself, throughout Qing times.