HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Candidates had to belong to one of the highest-ranking families.
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Candidates had to pay a large bribe to the hiring officials.
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Candidates had to pass a difficult civil service exam.
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Candidates had to be related to the emperor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The tests administered during the Han dynasty did not offer formal entry into government posts. Recruitment and appointment in the Han dynasty were primarily through recommendations by aristocrats and local officials. Recommended individuals were also primarily aristocrats.
Detailed explanation-2: -The civil service was started during the Han Dynasty in 207 BC by the first Han Emperor, Gaozu. Emperor Gaozu knew that he could not run the entire empire by himself. He decided that highly educated ministers and government administrators would help the empire to become strong and organized.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Han Emperors began civil service exams for government jobs and made Confucianism the official belief system of the state.