tsin-shi

Updated: August 29, 2026

These provincial tournaments occur but once in three years; and the successful candidates proceed to Peking to compete for the third degree, or D.C.L., Tsin-shi, or, "Fit for Office." Here the chances amount to three per cent.

John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 : The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents