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Imperial examination, an Uncommon card
The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 93
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Imperial examination quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Imperial examination card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was further ______ during the Song dynasty.
Answer
expanded. It was further expanded during the Song dynasty. From the Imperial examination article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Soil. Soil 96 · Imperial examination 93 · Testosterone 90 · Ganymede 87 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ganymede. Ganymede 460,000 · Testosterone 360,000 · 1I/ʻOumuamua 270,000 · Imperial examination 180,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The concept of choosing bureaucrats by merit rather than by birth started early in Chinese history, and the first earnest use of written examinations as a method of recruitment appeared under the Sui dynasty.
- Its systematic implementation began during the Tang dynasty, when examinations became a regular channel for bureaucratic appointment and the dominant path to high office.
- It was further expanded during the Song dynasty.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Imperial examination article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 93 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Imperial examination
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Imperial examination (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Qiu Ying (仇英) (attributed), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
