Vietnamese imperial examination system
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The Vietnamese imperial examination system was a Confucian-based civil service examination framework used by Vietnamese dynasties to select scholar-officials, modeled closely on but adapted from the Chinese imperial examination tradition.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confucian civil service examinations | 1 |
| Confucian mandarinate of Vietnam | 1 |
| Vietnamese civil service | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confucian institution
ⓘ
civil service examination system ⓘ educational examination system ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | French colonial authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel |
local examinations
ⓘ
metropolitan examinations ⓘ palace examinations ⓘ provincial examinations ⓘ |
| basedOn | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreCurriculum |
Five Classics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Four Books NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Confucian commentaries ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| degreeTitle |
Cử nhân
ⓘ
Hương cống ⓘ Phó bảng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evaluationStandard |
correct use of classical Chinese
ⓘ
literary elegance ⓘ mastery of Confucian orthodoxy ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | primarily limited to men ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important part of Vietnamese educational history ⓘ |
| highestDegreeTitle | Tiến sĩ ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern Vietnam
ⓘ
medieval Vietnam ⓘ |
| ideologicalFunction |
legitimization of Confucian monarchy
ⓘ
promotion of Confucian social hierarchy ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Chinese imperial examination system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfExamination | classical Chinese ⓘ |
| lastImperialExaminationYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| notableExaminationSite | Temple of Literature in Hanoi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Ministry of Rites of Vietnamese dynasties
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
imperial court of Vietnam ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
recruitment for the imperial bureaucracy
ⓘ
selection of scholar-officials ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
ability in classical Chinese composition
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knowledge of Confucian classics ⓘ literary skill ⓘ moral cultivation according to Confucian ethics ⓘ |
| socialImpact |
formation of a Confucian literati elite
ⓘ
increased social mobility for educated males ⓘ |
| typicalExaminationFormat |
classical allusions and commentary
ⓘ
essay composition ⓘ poetry composition ⓘ policy questions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Later Lê dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lý dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Mạc dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Trần dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Imperial Academy (Vietnam)
this entity surface form:
Confucian mandarinate of Vietnam
this entity surface form:
Vietnamese civil service
this entity surface form:
Confucian civil service examinations