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Yuan imperial examination system

Type Object Region 全世界 Time 1311–1320

Under the Mongol rulers' policy of 'using the Xia to transform the barbarians,' the Yuan imperial examination was gradually restored and institutiona…

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  1. 1313Yuan Dadu · ChinaIn 1313 Emperor Renzong of Yuan issued a decree restoring the examinations, specifying the Four Books and Five Classics as the scope of testing and establishing the basic framework of separate quotas for Mongols, Semu, Han, and Southerners.
  2. 1315Yuan Dadu · ChinaIn 1315, the second year of Youyou, the first metropolitan and palace examinations after restoration were held, admitting over three hundred jinshi, marking the return to normal operation of the Yuan examination system.
  3. 1320Circuits of Jiangnan · East ChinaBy around 1320, provincial examinations were regularly held in each circuit, and Jiangnan scholars entered local and central office through the examinations, which together with the kheshig and recommendation routes formed the Yuan official selection system.

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