It’s easy to assume that before the democratic revolutions of the 1700s, the major countries and empires of the globe were all governed by hereditary rules (kings, queens, and nobles). But governments in the past were more diverse than that. While China was ruled by the emperor, government positions were based on merit, not birth: that is, you had to earn your position through educational achievement. Name and explain one advantage of the Confucian civil service in China and one disadvantage

It’s easy to assume that before the democratic revolutions of the 1700s, the major countries and empires of the globe were all governed by hereditary rules (kings, queens, and nobles). But governments in the past were more diverse than that. While China was ruled by the emperor, government positions were based on merit, not birth: that is, you had to earn your position through educational achievement. Name and explain one advantage of the Confucian civil service in China and one disadvantage