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Jinshi degree - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | The jinshi examinations were restarted in 1371, but in 1372 Zhu Yuanzhang suspended the exams, followed by an official ban in early 1373, and did not restart them again until 1384. |
 | | Southern domination of the jinshi rolld continued at above the 80% level until a regional quota was set by the Hongxi emperor in 1425, which granted northern candidates 40% of all places in the metropolitan examinations, but no metropolitan examinations were held in 1425 or 1426. |
 | | Later in the 1427 metropolitan examination during the Xuande reign (1426-1435), the first metropolitan examination under a regional quota system, the quota was slightly revised to grant northerners 35%, southerners 55%, and those from the "central region" [Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the western prefectures of Southern Zhili]10% of all places. |
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