Imperially Prescribed Guidelines for Civil Examination Grounds
Imperially Prescribed Guidelines for Civil Examination Grounds is a specialized compendium of the rules and regulations for the imperial examinations of the Qing dynasty. From 1645 when the exams were reestablished to recruit officials, these guidelines were enacted to regulate how the system was to be administered. The codes comprise from exam preparations to the post-exam banquet and court placement exam for Imperial Hanlin Academy: exam dates, appointment of examiners, number of individuals needed to staff exam sites, selection of questions, style of examination papers, evaluation of the papers, quota of successful candidates, exam site regulations, specific prohibitions, collecting and storing exam papers, announcing the results, post-exam banquet, palace exams, and the court placement exam, among others. The work also included the current cases and precedents which supplemented older ones to record the decisions made by previous emperors as well as the past execution of related officials’ duties, thereby serving as a standard from which to conduct the examinations. Over time, the guidelines were revised on several occasions, supplementing or replacing regulations when deemed necessary.
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- Compiled by Kuirun (1829–1890) et al. under imperial order
Produced between 1875–1908
