Definition
会试 was the metropolitan examination in imperial China's civil service exam system (科举). It was held in the capital every three years, and successful candidates became gòngshì (贡士) and qualified for the highest-level palace exam (殿试). The gloss 'doctoral exam' is misleading; the proper term is 'metropolitan examination'.
n.
(historical) metropolitan examination in imperial China
Examples
- ，会试。Zài Míng-Qīng shíqī, huì shì měi sān nián jǔxíng yí cì.During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the metropolitan examination was held every three years.
- 会试。Tōngguò huì shì de kǎoshēng bèi chēngwéi gòngshì.Candidates who passed the metropolitan examination were called gongshi.
- 会试。huì shì shì kējǔ zhìdù zhōng fēicháng zhòngyào de yì guān.The metropolitan examination was a very important stage in the imperial examination system.
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