Dibao were a type of publications issued by central and local governments in imperial China, which was the only official government newspaper published by the ancient Chinese central government in dif
Xiongnu on the north of the Han dynasty
Jiajing Emperor (嘉靖皇帝/明世宗)
Emperor Taizong of Song (宋太宗)
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The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats, were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class.
Painting that depicts the career of a civil servant. The career path starts with passing the civil service examinations (left side) and progresses to a high position in the government (right side).
A 15th-century portrait of the Ming official Jiang Shunfu. The decoration of two egrets on his chest are a "mandarin square", indicating that he was a civil official of the sixth rank.
Government officials in Changfu during the Wanli era, Ming dynasty
A Western Han fresco depicting Confucius (and Laozi), and his students