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Scholar-official as a concept and social class first appeared during the Warring States period; before that, the Shi and Da Fu were two different classes.During the Western Zhou dynasty, the Duke of Zhou divided the social classes into the king, feudal lords, Da Fu, Shi, ordinary people, and slaves.
Hu Guang (1370 [1] –1418), courtesy name Guangda, art name Huangan, was a prominent Chinese scholar-official during the Ming dynasty. He served as grand secretary during the reign of the Yongle Emperor from 1402 until his death. Hu Guang was from Jiangxi, [2] specifically Jishui County (present-day Ji'an, Jiangxi). After studying Confucianism ...
A 15th-century portrait of the Ming official Jiang Shunfu.The cranes on his mandarin square indicate that he was a civil official of the sixth rank. A Qing photograph of a government official with mandarin square embroidered in front A European view: a mandarin travelling by boat, Baptista van Doetechum, 1604 Nguyễn Văn Tường (chữ Hán: 阮文祥, 1824–1886) was a mandarin of the ...
This category is for Chinese scholars of the pre-modern period, especially those who took the Imperial examinations for Scholar-bureaucrats. Modern Chinese figures should be classified under the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Chinese academics , Category:Chinese educators etc.
Lin Zexu (30 August 1785 – 22 November 1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese political philosopher and politician. He was a head of state , Governor General, scholar-official, and under the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province.
A Chinese scholar banned from Australia on security grounds says he has become critical of Canberra in recent years but is no security risk, adding his biggest contribution to a WeChat group at ...
Li Honglin (Chinese: 李洪林; September 10, 1925 – June 1, 2016) was a Chinese scholar and a senior official who served as the deputy director of the Theory Bureau of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as the President of Fujian Academy of Social Sciences.
Chinese calligraphy differs from western calligraphic script in the sense that it was done with a brush instead of metal implements or a quill. Calligraphy was the art by which a scholar could compose his thoughts to be immortalized. It was the scholar's means of creating expressive poetry and sharing his or her own learnedness.