Jinshi
| Jinshi | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 進士 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 进士 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "entered scholar" | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese alphabet | Tiến sĩ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 進士 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 진사 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 進士 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jinshi (Chinese: 進士; pinyin: jìnshì) was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was also called the Metropolitan Exam. Recipients are sometimes referred to in English-language sources as Imperial Scholars.
The highest scoring jinshi in the country was known as the zhuangyuan, a term that survives today in China as a high scoring gaokao test taker or just someone who is very good at a skill.