WHI-Chap15-examination system

The examination system was a system during the Tang dynasty that promoted governmental stability. During the Tang dynasty, rulers recruited government officials who had studied the Confucian educational system and passed a series of examinations. This prevented government officials from being corrupted, and though families of wealth could sometimes use their influence to gain positions of power, most bureaucrats were given positions of power based on intellectual ability (Traditions and Encounters, 379). The examination system was important because it made most of the Tang officials intellectuals who were loyal to the state.

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