gòng​shì

successful national candidate

贡士 貢士 gòng​shì
successful national candidate
(literary) A candidate who passed the metropolitan level of the imperial civil service exams but had not yet taken the final palace exam 殿试 diàn​shì
to recommend scholars
(literary) to recommend scholars of high moral and scholastic standing to the imperial court under ancient recruitment systems
recommended scholar
(literary) a scholar recommended to the imperial court under ancient recruitment systems predating the Ming and Qing examination structure

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