Examinations instituted for selecting officials
The Ming History records the institution of examinations to select men for office.
What this does and does not establish
明史/卷2, Wikisource revision 2594615; this is an institutional act, not evidence that candidates sat examinations that day. The preceding recommendation order and subsequent archery-rite order are separate clauses. The venue of the recorded act is not established; its region is left unassigned.
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- Region
- No region assigned This collection has not fixed where the act took place. It is not a statement that the place is unknown.
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 洪武三年五月己亥
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read the 洪武三年 heading at ming002.wikitext line 63 and actual fifth-month entry at line 72. Examined both headers and December rows in sinica-1369-12-31.html and sinica-1370-12-31.html: 1369-12-31 is 洪武2年12月2日, and 1370-12-31 is 洪武3年12月13日. Hongwu third-year month 5 therefore lies within Julian AD 1370. Original quotation begins at line 72, character 3170.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Ming shi (History of Ming), basic annals
Zhang Tingyu et al., Qing court historians
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
己亥，設科取士。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On jihai, instituted examinations to select men for office.
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