Question

Why is the development of the scholar-gentry system a significant development during the Han Dynasty?

• A. For one of the first times, it created a government based on merit, not birth
• B. It excluded the emperor from any, and all, decision making in China
• C. It promted a break from the practice of filial piety
• D. It created a political system that was considered worse than previous systems
• E. It ended the belief in the Mandate of Heaven

Answer 1

The correct option is A For one of the first times, it created a government based on merit, not birth

The Han dynasty government was largely characterized by a combination of feudal structures and central bureaucracy. The development of the scholar-gentry system a significant development during the Han Dynasty because, for one of the first times, it created a government based on merit, not birth. Scholar-gentry were the civil servants of Imperial China from the Han era. They were civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance from the Han dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912.