Juren
Former rank in Imperial China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juren (Chinese: 舉人; lit. 'recommended man') was a rank achieved by people who passed the xiangshi (Chinese: 鄉試) exam in the imperial examination system of imperial China.[1] The xiangshi is also known, in English, as the provincial examination.[1] It was a rank higher than the shengyuan rank, but lower than the jinshi rank, which was the highest degree.[2]
Juren | |||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 舉人 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 举人 | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | recommended man | ||||||||||||||||||
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To achieve the juren rank, candidates, who had to already hold the shengyuan rank, had to pass the provincial qualifying examination, held every three years in the provincial capital.[2] A second, less widespread pathway to gaining the juren rank was through office purchase.[3]
Those with the juren rank gained gentry status and experienced social, political and economic privileges accordingly.[4]
The juren title was also awarded in the military examination system in imperial China.[3]