Epitaphs Tell of Social Mobility in Medieval China - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archaeology.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Meritocracy: Men in medieval China were able to move up the social ladder as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, study suggests -- Secret History -- Sott net sott.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sott.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new study finds that between 618-907 CE, young men’s career success in China’s Tang Dynasty was increasingly tied to how well they performed on a competitive examination called the Keju (the Imperial Exam) – and much less on their ancestral origins