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title: Chinese Students Taking Civil Service Exams
author: Yu Ren, Wu Yue
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10034/chinese-students-taking-civil-service-exams/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Chinese Students Taking Civil Service Exams
_Authored by Yu Ren, Wu Yue_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10034.jpg)
## Image Caption
A detail of a 16th century CE painted scroll showing students taking the civil service examinations which were used to select government officials throughout the history of imperial [China](https://www.worldhistory.org/china/). (Beijing [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) Museum)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Yue, Y. R. W. (2019, February 08). Chinese Students Taking Civil Service Exams. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Yue, Yu Ren, Wu. "Chinese Students Taking Civil Service Exams." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 08, 2019. .
### MLA
Yue, Yu Ren, Wu. "Chinese Students Taking Civil Service Exams." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Feb 2019, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xu_Xianqing_part11.jpg) by [**Yu Ren, Wu Yue**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xu_Xianqing_part11.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 February 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.