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The Jinshi degree originated in 605 CE (Sui Dynasty), and has evolved to be the sole stepping stone into the higher echelon of the civil service by the time of the Ming and the Qing. The Ming and Qing Jinshi are well documented; while the earlier ones are largely incomplete. Family genealogies often taken careful notes of such accomplishments, and can be a valuable source to compile a complete list.
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The highest level of the Civil Service Examinations took place every three years --- with additional ones on special occasions --- in Beijing, and the best scholars, numbered in the hundreds each time, were granted by imperial order the degree of 進士 (jinshi, or chin-shih, rendered doctorate, Metropolitan graduates or mostly literally presented scholars in English). Many of them went on to further achievements in the civil service, and were instrumental in making much of China's history.
Whenever possible, the 履歷 (curricula vitae with plenty of genealogical information) should be uploaded or linked.
To quote the publisher's review of the latter work:
China did away with its classical examination system in 1905. But this carefully balanced and constantly contested piece of social engineering, worked out over the course of centuries, was an early harbinger of the meritocratic regime of college boards and other entrance exams that undergirds higher education in much of the world today.
召募合作者!請加入進來。明清兩代進士可依據維基上的名錄核實,宋進士可用China Biographical Database (CBDB)。
每三年逢丑、辰、未、戌年開進士科,取一甲三名進士及第,即狀元、榜眼、探花;二甲進士出身數十人;三甲同進士出身上百人。
清從明制,加恩科、繙譯進士、遊學進士