Goryeo Civil Service Examination

Type Object Region Korean Peninsula Time 958

The Goryeo civil service examination was an official selection examination system established by the Goryeo dynasty modeled on the Chinese Tang and S…

Timeline

958Kaesong · GoryeoGoryeo King Gwangjong adopted the Chinese examination model to establish the Goryeo civil service examination, selecting civil officials through subjects such as classical exegesis and poetry composition, marking the establishment of an institutionalized official selection system on the peninsula.
c. 1121–1130Kaesong · GoryeoIn the 1120s the Goryeo civil service examination was held regularly, with successful candidates entering the central and local bureaucracies, mutually reinforcing Confucian education and the spread of printing culture.

Sources

History of Korea: Koryŏ — Edward J. Shultz https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Korea/The-Koryo-period