Encyclopedia of Chinese History: Imperial Examination (volume 2)
by Li Cambridge Chief Editor Jie Baofeng
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A system for selecting officials that emerged during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the feudal regime took advantage of the talents of the Nine-Rank Zhongzhengzhizhi to appoint officials, and the important official positions in the Qing Dynasty were monopolized by powerful families. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the political power of Hanmen common people gradually expanded. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, "there was no clear or turbid selection". After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system was abolished, but the practice of selecting scholars through examinations such as Xiucai and Ming Jing was still followed. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty established the Jinshi Department. The imperial examination system gradually took shape and was further developed in the Tang Dynasty. This system was inherited by all feudal dynasties after the Tang Dynasty, and was imitated by ancient Korea and Vietnam. The imperial examination system was abolished at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
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