- The
gwageo (Korean: 과거) or kwagŏ were the
national civil service examinations under the
Goryeo (918–1392) and
Joseon (1392–1897)
periods of Korea. Typically...
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service examinations called Gwageo under the
Goryeo and
Joseon dynasties.
Based on the
examinations of
imperial China, the
gwageo first arose in
Unified Silla...
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Another major factor in the
adoption of
hanmun was the
adoption of the
gwageo,
copied from the
Chinese imperial examination, open to all
freeborn men...
- a
series of
gwageo exams (one had to p**** the "lesser
gwageo" exam (소과) in both of two
stages in
order to
qualify for the
greater gwageo exam,
which again...
- most
students was
successful p****age of the
state examinations,
known as
gwageo.
Educational institutions were
extremely widespread in the country, and...
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black gat (흑립; 黑笠; heungnip) was
restricted to men who had p****ed the
gwageo, or
civil service examinations. In
narrow definition, the term gat refers...
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responsibility outside the
military in
Joseon period, one had to take a
series of
gwageo literary examinations and p**** each of them (usually four to five times)...
- the
Goryeo Dynasty. The
clans produced many
individuals who p****ed the
gwageo, and 3
Queen Consorts during the
Joseon Dynasty,
Queen Sunwon,
Queen Hyohyeon...
- instance, when a son of a
family p****ed a
civil service examination called gwageo, a
sotdae was set up in the yard. In that case, it was
colored in orange...
- the disciplines.
Bureaucrats of
Hyeminseo were also
appointed through the
gwageo recruitment examination.
Hyeminseo aimed to
benefit the
people but its coverage...
