Executive Briefing: The Literati Elite
Sui aur Tang dynasties ke dauran shuru kiya gaya aur Song dynasty mein mukammal hone wala Keju imtihaani nizam, Confucius ki klasik kitabon par aboor ki buniyad par riyasati intezamkaron (*Mandarins*) ka intekhab karta tha, jis ne feodal aristocrats ki monopoies ka khatma kar diya.
1. Social Mobility in Imperial China
Koi bhi kisan ka beta jo maqami academies mein behtareen karkardagi dikhata, wo wazir-e-azam ke ohde tak pahunch sakta tha, jis ne pure East Asia mein ilm aur parhai ke liye behad saqafati waqar paida kiya.
2. References
- Elman, B. A. (2000). A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China. University of California Press.