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Robert Burton: whose a book titled "Anatomy of Melancholy" published in Britain early in 1621 stirred up panic among the aristocracy. In it he challenged the privilege enjoyed by the aristocracy, suggesting the introduction of China's imperial examinations system. Read more
Initiated during the Sui Dynasty (581-618), and lasting more than 1,300 years until the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the imperial examination was the fundamental system used by China's feudal dynasties to select government officials.
Held mainly on county, provincial and national levels, the exams were based on Confucian books, sources of ruling ideology in feudal China, and had many sections including interviews, writing from memory, answering questions, composition writing, and ode writing. Other subjects, such as history, law, calligraphy, and math, were used as a gauge to test professional knowledge.
The examination system offered common people an opportunity to improve their social status based on the strength of their talent, as only the most talented were selected to participate in the administration of the empire.
Some people have even suggested that the imperial examinations system be included as the fifth of China's major ancient inventions that contributed to the world, along side the compass, gun powder, papermaking and printing. Read more
Examination Day at School (1910): directed by D.W. Griffith and starring W. Chrystie Miller and Kate Bruce. Source: IMDb
Through its imperial examination system, China brought up at least 110,000 "jinshi" in total (a successful candidate in the national examination) and millions of "juren" (a successful candidate in the provincial examination).
62,311: the number of participants in Chinese civil service exam in 2002. This was an increase of 89.4 per cent over the previous year. The exam has its roots in the nation's ancient imperial examination system. Read more
crib sheet noun (US crib notes): a piece of paper that contains notes or information, used for cheating during an exam. Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Take the Test by A.F.I.
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Final Exam Brownies
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The Examination by W.D. Snodgrass
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As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take this examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one would be a penny the stupider. (E.M. Forster)
Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once. (W. C. Sellar)
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