Institution
Imperial examination
The imperial examination was the system of competitive examinations, based largely on the Confucian classics, used in China to recruit government officials. It developed under the Sui and Tang Dynasty and became central under the Song Dynasty. The Ming Empire and Qing Empire maintained it, while the Yuan Dynasty suspended and restricted it.
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