How Was the Shadow Principal Applied to the Government Bureaucracy

question 15

Multiple Choice

How was the shadow principal applied to the government bureaucracy?

• A)It was an intellectual movement to restore good government.
• B)It allowed for the creation of an imperial university.
• C)The bureaucrats had to be knowledgeable in Confucianism and Legalism.
• D)Recommendation was the only recruitment tool.
• E)High officials had sons and grandsons automatically appointed to office.

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