Hongwu abolishes the Yuan civil service exams
1369
The new Ming emperor discarded the truncated Mongol examination system and spent years designing a new one based strictly on the Four Books in Zhu Xi's neo-Confucian interpretation. The resulting exam demanded rigorous mastery of classical texts and moral philosophy. It would define Chinese elite identity for the next five centuries and become the template for Korea and Vietnam.
In context
Also in 1369 (4 other events on record)
- Timur seizes Samarkand · Central Asia · Politics
- Charles V resumes the Hundred Years' War · Europe · War
- Valdemar IV dies and Denmark passes to Margaret's regency · Europe · Politics
- Peter I of Cyprus assassinated after sacking Alexandria · Europe · Politics
Before and after in East Asia
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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