WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -After the Tang dynasty, they were selected based on a series of exams designed to test their knowledge, writing skills, and Confucian education. If they passed, they would become a scholar-official.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scholar-Officials were a part of Chinese culture since the Han Dynasty, way back in the first century. They were important, but it wasn’t until the Middle Imperial era that they became so widespread and so important that they became their own social class.

Detailed explanation-3: -2019. Shiren (scholars or scholar officials) is the collective term of the ancient Chinese intellectuals, and is also an elite social group unique to ancient China. They learned and spread knowledge; they participated in politics; they carried on and carried forward Chinese traditional culture.