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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Replying to @workingjubilee
I know a story fragment from my family about this. My grandfather's father did surveying and was able to pay for schooling. He took the 3 day exam and almost made it. He came from a family of farmers in a one bedroom house. You got me curious if I have the details right.
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Replying to @_StevenFan @workingjubilee
Didn't find out how close he was to passing.
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