進しん士し

noun

palace examination (Chinese civil service exam); successful examinee

Refers to the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination system (科挙), focusing on classical literature. Also denotes a person who passed this exam.

See also: 科挙

• 科か挙きょの最さい終しゅう段だん階かいである進しん士しに合ごう格かくすることは、中ちゅう国ごく史し上じょう最もっとも名めい誉よなことの一ひとつだった。

  Passing the 進士, the final stage of the imperial examination, was one of the greatest honors in Chinese history.

• 彼かれは若わかくして進しん士しとなり、官かん僚りょうとしての道みちを歩あゆみ始はじめた。

  He became a 進士 at a young age and began his career as a bureaucrat.

noun

promotion exam (Ministry of Ceremonies); successful examinee

In the context of Japan's ancient ritsuryō system, an examination for promotion within the Ministry of Ceremonies (式部省), testing political duties and Chinese classics. Also refers to someone who passed this exam.

See also: 式部省

• 式しき部ぶ省しょうが実じっ施しした進しん士しの試し験けんは、官かん人じんの昇しょう進しんに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The 進士 examination administered by the Ministry of Ceremonies greatly influenced the promotion of officials.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だい初しょ期きには、進しん士しに合ごう格かくすることが貴き族ぞくの子し弟ていにとって重じゅう要ような目もく標ひょうだった。

  In the early Heian period, passing the 進士 exam was an important goal for the children of the nobility.