SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Chinese civil service system is based on what
A
Confucianism
B
Legalism
C
Taoism
D
Dynastic Cycle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The system continued to play a major role, not only in education and government, but also in society itself, throughout Qing times. The civil service examination system was squarely based upon the Confucian classics and upon recognized commentaries on those classics.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Han established a large government bureaucracy operated by Confucian scholars. They gained their positions by taking difficult civil service examinations based on the Five Classics, the Analects, the Book of Mencius, and other works. For centuries, Confucianism went in and out of favor in China.

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