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ilnjscb · 07-31-2013, 06:14 PM

Get used to Chinese thought, cause they'll be runnin' things soon in one highly probable timeline.

Too bad they aren't like they were in the period after the Sung dynasty:

In a history radically different from the West, the power of hereditary aristocracy in China was largely finished by the time of the Sung dynasty. Thenceforth, the class holding power, wealth, and prestige was composed mainly of administrators and bureaucrats in the emperor's civil service. Membership in this class depended more on passing the civil service examination than on parentage. Persons from certain occupations (and their immediate descendants) were excluded from the examinations: "watchmen, executioners, yamen torturers, labourers, detectives, jailors, coroners, play actors, slaves, beggars, boatpeople, scavengers, musicians and a few others." Still, the great majority of the population was eligible, and the examinations effectively prevented the formation of a hereditary ruling class. For example, the lists of those who passed the highest-level examinations in 1148 and 1256 show that only 40 percent were sons, grandsons, or great-grandsons of civil servants, while the rest came from families with no history in the bureaucracy. Thus, for nearly a thousand years, beneath the overall control of an emperor, China was governed by a meritocratic elite.
It was an elite with distinct privileges. Those who passed the examinations given in the prefectural capitals were designated sheng-yuan , or government students. This entitled them to wear a distinctive dress and to courteous treatment from government officials. They were exempted from government labor service and, should they run afoul of the law, from the demeaning punishment of lashing. These perquisites were not perennial, however. Shengyuan had to pass the examination each time it was given (every three years) to retain their status. Those who went on to pass higher-level examinations became government officials and enjoyed great privilege, power, and wealth.

And agreed - ask your friend what he would want if it was him who was paralyzed, and then do likewise.

07-31-2013, 06:14 PM
ilnjscb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8,785	Get used to Chinese thought, cause they'll be runnin' things soon in one highly probable timeline. Too bad they aren't like they were in the period after the Sung dynasty: In a history radically different from the West, the power of hereditary aristocracy in China was largely finished by the time of the Sung dynasty. Thenceforth, the class holding power, wealth, and prestige was composed mainly of administrators and bureaucrats in the emperor's civil service. Membership in this class depended more on passing the civil service examination than on parentage. Persons from certain occupations (and their immediate descendants) were excluded from the examinations: "watchmen, executioners, yamen torturers, labourers, detectives, jailors, coroners, play actors, slaves, beggars, boatpeople, scavengers, musicians and a few others." Still, the great majority of the population was eligible, and the examinations effectively prevented the formation of a hereditary ruling class. For example, the lists of those who passed the highest-level examinations in 1148 and 1256 show that only 40 percent were sons, grandsons, or great-grandsons of civil servants, while the rest came from families with no history in the bureaucracy. Thus, for nearly a thousand years, beneath the overall control of an emperor, China was governed by a meritocratic elite. It was an elite with distinct privileges. Those who passed the examinations given in the prefectural capitals were designated sheng-yuan , or government students. This entitled them to wear a distinctive dress and to courteous treatment from government officials. They were exempted from government labor service and, should they run afoul of the law, from the demeaning punishment of lashing. These perquisites were not perennial, however. Shengyuan had to pass the examination each time it was given (every three years) to retain their status. Those who went on to pass higher-level examinations became government officials and enjoyed great privilege, power, and wealth. And agreed - ask your friend what he would want if it was him who was paralyzed, and then do likewise.