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Confucian court examination system in Vietnam

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John Kleinen Facing the Future, Reviving the Past: A Study of Social Change in ... – 1999 – Page 71 "The classical examination system was divided into a regional and a general examination (the last one was organized at the royal capital). The first led to the degree of tu tai (junior bachelor) and cu
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Walter H. Slote, George A. De Vos Confucianism & the Family 998 – Page 97 "1428–33) and his collaborators, especially Nguyen Trai (1380–1442) — who was himself a Confucianist — accepted ... of Trang Nguyen (Zhuang Yuan, or first laureate of the national examination with the highest recognition
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Nguyẽ̂n Khá̆c Kham , Yunesuko Higashi An introduction to Vietnamese culture Ajia Bunka Kenkyū Sentā (Tokyo, Japan) 1967 – Page 20 "The classification became more elaborate in 1247 with the Tam-khoi which divided the first category into three separate classes: Trang-nguyen (first prize winner in
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D. W. Sloper, Thạc Cán Lê Higher Education in Vietnam: Change and Response – 1995 Page 45 " For those successful in the court competitive examination four titles were awarded: trang nguyen, being the first- rank doctorate and first laureate, bang nhan, being a first-rank doctorate and second
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Truong Buu Lâm, New lamps for old: the transformation of the Vietnamese ... -Institute of Southeast Asian Studies – 1982 Page 11- "The provincial examinations consisted of three to four parts which tested the following areas: knowledge of the Confucian texts... The title of cu nhan or "person
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in 1913 with the very last local exams occurring from 1915 to 1919, thus making Vietnam the last country to hold Confucian civil service examinations. The royal court exams were typically held every three years, though the award of first prizes was far less frequent.
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Aside from accrediting rank and file scholars to the court and mandarin civil service positions gleaned from the successful regional candidates, the exams also appointed lead scholars for the court exam (Thi Đình) in the capital, the title of
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nhan (senior bachelor), the second to pho bang (junior doctor) and tien si (senior doctor). After the abolition of the examination system in 1913, the French introduced a new system, but ..."
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The examination system was divided into a regional and a national examination held at the royal capital. Provincial examinations led only to the degree of
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therefore includes 55 scholars if beginning from Lê Văn Thịnh, but only 49 if commencing from Nguyễn Hiền (awarded 1247, in the reign of
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and adopted by subsequent independent dynasties as a way of filling the civil service. They were instituted at court level by the
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Painting depicting the scene of the court of the Revival Lê dynasty holding the Hương exam in 1684-1685
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A Tiến sĩ scholar (進士) on a horse 'returning in glory' (vinh quy 荣歸) after a successful exam.
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The successful candidates marched past the judges in the Hương exam in Nam Định in 1897
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A private class at a home in Vietnam (1895). The students studying are sitting on a
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Invigilators seated on high chairs at a provincial exam in 1888 in northern Vietnam
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in China, based on knowledge of the classics and literary style from 1075 to 1919.
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presented" (for office) was conferred on those who succeeded in all four tests."
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The examinations themselves were composed of three or four tests, followed by a
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Scene of tents at Nam Định exam school, Hương exam in the year of the Rat (1900)
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the competitive examination at the king's court), Bang-nhan (second prize ..."
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in 1075 and continued some 1000 years later toward the final years of the
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includes several notable figures in Vietnam's history, such as
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New graduates receive the graduation uniforms from Emperor in
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Graduates receive Emperor's feast for passing the exams in
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Graduates pay gratitude at the Confucian temple (1897).
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Vietnamese civil service examination system (1075–1919)
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Graduates pay gratitude for their own teachers (1897).
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was awarded to Trịnh Tuệ in 1736 during the reign of
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Candidates on the way to examination school (1897).
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Index



Confucian
examination system
Chữ Hán
Vietnamese
Imperial examination

sập
long era of Chinese occupation
Lý dynasty
Lý Nhân Tông
Nguyễn dynasty
Khải Định
the French
Results of the examination in Nam Định, 1897
Invigilators seated on high chairs at a provincial exam in 1888 in northern Vietnam
Tutor and students in Vietnam

Stelae
Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám in Hanoi

Candidates on the way to examination school (1897).
The Imperial examination council.
Examiner from ministry of education in Nam Định (1897).
Nam Định
Examiner Trần Sĩ Trác (陳士琢,1897).
Exam supervising from the top (1897).
Graduates receive Emperor's feast for passing the exams in Nam Định (1897).
Nam Định

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