Jisho

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Noun
1. Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-officialHistorical term
Wikipedia definition
2. Scholar-officialScholar-officials or Scholar-bureaucrats or Scholar-gentry were civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance from the Sui Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, China's last imperial dynasty. These officials mostly came from the well-educated men known as the scholar-gentry (绅士 shēnshì). These men had earned academic degrees (such as xiucai, juren, or jinshi) by passing the rigorous imperial examinations.
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