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The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats (Chinese: 士大夫; pinyin: shì dàfū), were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class.
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 ...
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 ...
Emperor Tang Xuanzong and officials in official/academic dress. The academic dress of China has a long history. The ancient dress is based on the robes of officialdom and the 'degrees' were earned through the imperial civil service examinations, while the modern dress is partially influenced by the Western (more so United States) academic dress.
A painting of a gentry scholar with two courtesans, by Tang Yin, c. 1500. The four occupations (simplified Chinese: 士农工商; traditional Chinese: 士農工商; pinyin: Shì nóng gōng shāng), or "four categories of the people" (Chinese: 四民; pinyin: sì mín), [1] [2] was an occupation classification used in ancient China by either Confucian or Legalist scholars as far back as 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.
They were the feudal scholar-officials class that was charged with enforcing the law and providing military defense to the nation, Ryukyu Kingdom. The specific rank of a Yukatchu was noted by the color of his hat. Hat color that signified rank. Ryukyuan Caste System: Royalty – Shō family; Oji (王子, Ōji): Prince
Hu Yan (1361 [1] – 20 September 1443 [2]), courtesy name Ruosi, art name Yi'an, was a prominent Chinese scholar-official during the Ming dynasty.He was appointed as grand secretary in 1402 during the reign of te Yongle Emperor and served in this position for two years before being transferred to the head of the Imperial University, where he remained for two decades.