Míngcháo hé Qīngcháo de shēngyuán kěyǐ miǎnchú yáoyì, jiàn le xiànguān yě búyòng xiàguì.
Licentiates of the Ming and Qing were exempt from corvée labour and did not have to kneel before the county magistrate.
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A candidate sat three local exams, 县试 (county), 府试 (prefecture) and 院试, and on passing the last was enrolled in the local government school as a 生员, commonly called a 秀才. The next step, the provincial 乡试, made a 举人.
