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The document discusses the Chinese imperial examination system. It provides a historical overview of the development of the system from ancient times through the Qing dynasty. The structure and content of the examinations at local, provincial, and national levels are described. The examinations focused heavily on testing knowledge of Confucian classics and establishing a meritocratic bureaucracy based on Confucian principles of virtue and good governance. However, success rates were extremely low, around 1%

Author

Ayse Aktas

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EN