imperial exams

language: ja

definitions

  1. The historical civil service examination system used in imperial China and other East Asian countries to select government officials based on merit and knowledge of Confucian classics.
    ja: 科挙

examples

  1. Scholars spent decades studying Confucian texts to prepare for the grueling imperial exams.

    学者たちは過酷な科挙に備えて、何十年も儒教の経典を研究した。