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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was true about civil service exams during the Tang dynasty? The civil service exams often favored aristocrats. What ended the Tang dynasty in 907?