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ANCIENT CHINA

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In Ancient China, civil servants were scholars who belonged to the most powerful and prestigious social class. Initially local officials determined who could become civil servants, but during the Han Dynasty the testing of candidates was implemented. During the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system was greatly expanded, and achievement on the exams became the primary criteria for determining placement as a civil servant.Which of these resulted from the implementation of the examination system in Ancient China?
A
more social mobility
B
increased international trade
C
less gender discrimination
D
reduced government spending
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The examination system helped to shape China’s intellectual, cultural, and political life. The increased reliance on the exam system was in part responsible for the Tang dynasty shifting from a military aristocracy to a gentry class of scholar-bureaucrats.

Detailed explanation-2: -The broad purpose of the civil service examinations was to select a pool of viable candidates who were all trained in the same Confucian classics to be appointed as imperial officials at various locations and positions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The exams were a means for a young male of any class to enter that bureaucracy and so become a part of the gentry class of scholar-officials. The exams had multiple levels and were extremely difficult to pass, requiring extensive knowledge of Confucian classics, law, government, and oratory amongst other subjects.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chinese civil service system gave the Chinese empire stability for more than 2, 000 years and provided one of the major outlets for social mobility in Chinese society. It later served as a model for the civil service systems that developed in other Asian and Western countries.

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