Scholars are equivalent to graduate students.
The imperial examination system appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it was not completely improved until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The imperial examination system of each dynasty is different. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, imperial examinations were divided into six grades. Outside these six grades, children first have to face a children's test. This children's exam is not a real children's exam at all. Just for the sake of step 1 to delete a large number of illiterates, because in ancient times, everyone studied at an early age, and not everyone had the opportunity to study. In fact, there were still many illiterate people in ancient times, and not many people had basic education level. A child is called a scholar only if he has passed the children's exam, gone through the county exam, the government exam and the academy exam, and made some achievements in the academy exam. This process is equivalent to the group of people who took the postgraduate entrance examination today.
Second, it is equivalent to passing the public examination.
At the scholar stage, graduate students like this can go out to find a job, and even use their academic qualifications to find a temporary job in a government unit. But the scholar is still poor, so most people will continue to take the exam. Next, the scholar who passed the provincial examination became a juren, and the admission was extremely difficult. More than/kloc-0,000 people were enrolled nationwide, and the competition was extremely fierce. So this exam is equivalent to a modern national or public exam. Once you pass the exam, you are qualified to be an official.
Third, Jinshi
After becoming a juren, you can still take the exam online. More than 65,438+0,000 directors will gather in Beijing, and finally the court will admit two or three hundred people. This competition is also quite fierce. These two or three hundred people are called Gong Shi, and these people are eligible to take the final entrance examination. Those who take the final exam will be awarded the title of Jinshi. The top three of these people are called champions, the second and the flower detective are called Jinshi from the fourth to the last. These people can get official positions, some are released as county magistrates, and some are admitted to the Imperial Academy as officials, which is related to their personal destiny. Therefore, Jinshi is equivalent to the modern schoolmaster who is directly admitted to the government unit to be an official.