Jinshi
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Jinshi was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was also called the Metropolitan Exa
Wang Qiong of Ming in his Jinshi attire
The Confucius Temple in Dongcheng District, firstly built in 1302 under Temür Khan (Emperor Chengzong) is the second largest in China. The temple houses 198 stone tabulets engraved with the names of 51,624 jinshi scholars of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Gaokao
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The Gaokao, also known as the National College Entrance Examination and the Nationwide Unified Examination for Admissions to General Universities and Colleges, is the annual nationally-coordinated pro
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…as Imperial Scholars. The highest scoring jinshi in the country was known as the zhuangyuan, a term that survives today in China as a high scoring gaokao test taker or just someone who is very good at a skill. The jinshi degree was first created after the institutionalization of the civil service exam…
Gaokao admission card issued by Shaanxi in 2021
A 2013 banner at Chongqing Nankai Secondary School announcing it as an examination venue for the 2013 Gaokao
Parents and teachers outside Beijing Bayi School during the 2016 National College Entrance Examination
A banner on the HUST campus in Wuhan congratulates top exam score achievers from the university-affiliated high school