I've read many history books praise the Chinese imperial examinations for meritocratically granting rank based on scholarship. ...and then casually mention that theoretically poor people could attain high rank through them but guess who had all the books and free time?https://twitter.com/jenistyping/status/1179038292299304961 …
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"Your great grandfather took the exam and didn’t pass. He was educated though, and went to work for a landlord, calculating land affected by flooding. He married an illiterate woman, who nonetheless was wise enough to be the go-to woman to handle village disputes."
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Via my aunt.
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Didn't find out how close he was to passing.
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