Vietnamese mandarins
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Vietnamese mandarins were scholar-officials in premodern Vietnam who formed the Confucian-trained bureaucratic elite administering the state.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureaucratic elite
ⓘ
scholar-officials ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| continuedUntil | early 20th century ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| culturalRole |
patrons of literature and education
ⓘ
transmitters of Confucian values ⓘ |
| declineCause | French colonial rule ⓘ |
| duty |
maintaining records and archives
ⓘ
performing state rituals ⓘ upholding Confucian moral order ⓘ |
| existedDuringDynasty |
Lê dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lý dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Trần dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existedInPeriod | premodern Vietnam ⓘ |
| governedLevel |
central government
ⓘ
district and local administration ⓘ provincial administration ⓘ |
| heldRank | nine-rank hierarchy ⓘ |
| heldTitleInVietnamese | quan lại ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese imperial bureaucracy
ⓘ
Confucian political philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterLanguageOfAdministration | chữ Nôm ⓘ |
| legitimizedBy | imperial court ⓘ |
| moralIdeal | junzi (Confucian gentleman) ⓘ |
| peakInstitutionalDevelopment | Lê dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
drafting edicts and memorials
ⓘ
judicial decisions in local courts ⓘ land and population registers ⓘ |
| role |
administered the state
ⓘ
advised the monarch ⓘ collected taxes ⓘ implemented royal policies ⓘ maintained law and order ⓘ managed local administration ⓘ staffed central ministries ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
civil service examinations
ⓘ
imperial examination system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialFunction | formed the Confucian-trained bureaucratic elite ⓘ |
| socialMobilityMechanism | success in examinations ⓘ |
| socialOrigin | primarily literati families ⓘ |
| training |
classical literary education
ⓘ
study of Confucian canon ⓘ |
| usedConfucianCurriculum | Confucian classics ⓘ |
| woreDistinctiveDress | official robes indicating rank ⓘ |
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