Thanks to a 50-year head-start in exposure to Western learning, India had a student population that was eight times bigger ...

pass the national imperial examination and become jinshi, and then be appointed to different official posts by the emperor. To the east of the Imperial College is the Confucius Temple, which is an ...

New paper reveals medieval exam laid foundations of meritocracy in China Scientists prove that passing test drove dismantling of Tang-era aristocracy Education is valued today because it is viewed ...

The application tests for these public service jobs are similar in intent and style to the ancient Chinese imperial examinations, a series of tests conducted by the state to find candidates best ...

A report from Jiangxi International Communication Center(JXICC): In Gongqingcheng, there is an intangible heritage called Tan ...

Crisply carved as an Immortal clad in long flowing robes, with jovial expression and a tuft of hair issuing from the back of his bald head, in his right hand a broom and a plaque with the characters ...

So for example, a 10 kg dumbbell would be 22 lbs. Imperial units such as feet, pints, ounces and miles are used alongside metric units like metres, millilitres and kilometres. In the UK we use ...

Xie felt the inconvenience of grinding ink while taking the imperial exam, so he began exploring ways to produce ready-to-use ink liquid. After numerous trials and errors in Beijing, he finally ...

An examination conducted on the princess Thursday found a decline in the function of many of her organs, including the heart ...

Composed of standout after standout performance, “Anastasia” is a production faithful to the original and replete with talent ...

Looking for an examination copy? If you are interested in the title for ... The Peutinger Map remains the sole medieval survivor of an imperial world-mapping tradition. It depicts most of the ...