Question

1. Who were scholar-officials?

Answer 1

scholar officials work in government were politicians and government officials appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day political duties from the Han Dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912, China’s last imperial Dynasty

Answer 2

Scholar-officials were scholars who were given government jobs only after passing a civil ser- vice examination to prove they were qualified. 2. The examination was mainly based on the teachings of Confucius.