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Jinshi (Chinese: 進士; pinyin: jìnshì) was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. [1] The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was also called the Metropolitan Exam .
Li Sancai (Chinese: 李三才; Wade–Giles: Li San-ts'ai; courtesy name Daofu 道甫; art name Xiuwu 修吾; d. 1623) was an official during the late Ming dynasty in China. . Li Sancai is best remembered for his outspoken opinions against the Wanli Emperor (r.1572-1620) regarding his eunuch-led mining policy in 1596; because of this, Li was a prominent figure in the political divide of the ...
The Twelve Ornaments (Chinese: 十二章; pinyin: Shí'èr zhāng) are a group of ancient Chinese symbols and designs that are considered highly auspicious. They were employed in the decoration of textile fabrics in ancient China, which signified authority and power, and were embroidered on vestments of state.
Liang Guoao (Chinese: 梁国鳌) was a Jinshi in the Gengxu year of Hongzhi (1490) with his brother Guobao. He was the co-magistrate of Guiyang. Liang Qiaosheng (Chinese: 梁乔升) was a Jinshi in the Xinsi year of the Zhengde reign (1521). He was appointed as the director of the Ministry of Households, Criminal Affairs and Works in Beijing.
The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.The concept of choosing bureaucrats by merit rather than by birth started early in Chinese history, but using written examinations as a tool of selection started in earnest during the Sui dynasty [1] (581–618), then into the Tang ...
Sîn-šumu-līšir or Sîn-šumu-lēšir [3] (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀭𒌍𒈬𒋛𒁲, romanized: Sîn-šumu-līšir [4] or Sîn-šumu-lēšir, [2] meaning "Sîn, make the name prosper!"), [5] [6] [7] also spelled Sin-shum-lishir, [8] was a usurper king in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, ruling some cities in northern Babylonia for three months in 626 BC during a revolt against the rule of the ...
Whether you call it the clenched fist, Black Power fist, BLM fist, or solidarity fist, one thing is clear: it’s used as a symbol of Black pride, solidarity, and dedication to fighting injustice.
The Capi Aga in 1799. The Kapi Agha (Turkish: Kapı ağası, "Agha of the Gate"), formally called the Agha of the Gate of Felicity (Bâbüssaâde ağası), was the head of the eunuch servants of the Ottoman Seraglio until the late 16th century, when this post was taken over by the Kizlar Agha. [1]