scholar-official

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Definition von scholar-official im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

vScholar-bureaucrats or scholar-officials were civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance during the Song Dynasty through the Qing Dynasty. These officials mostly came from the well-educated men known as the scholar-gentry. These men had earned academic degrees (such as xiucai, juren, or jinshi) by passing rigorous civil service examinations. The scholar-bureaucrats were schooled in calligraphy and Confucian texts. They dominated the politics of China at the time