Was there an imperial examination in Han Dynasty?

No, the imperial examination began in the Sui Dynasty.

The imperial examination system, also known as imperial examination and imperial examination system, was a system for selecting officials through examinations in ancient China. It is called imperial examination because it adopts the method of selecting scholars by subjects. If a scholar wants to be promoted, in principle, he is allowed to' vote for what he likes' without special recommendation from the minister or county magistrate. This is the most important feature of the imperial examination system, and it is also the most fundamental difference from the imperial examination system.

The imperial examination system improved the previous employment system and completely broke the hereditary relationship of blood and the monopoly of clan; "The court is Tian Shelang, and the court is the emperor at dusk." Some capable literati in the middle and lower classes of society enter the upper classes of society and get the opportunity to display their talents. However, the content and form in the later period seriously bound the candidates, which made many people not stress practical knowledge and bound their thoughts.

The imperial examination system was implemented in China from the Sui Dynasty until the last Jinshi examination was held in the 31st year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1905) (the last imperial examination in the world ended in Nguyen Dynasty 19 19), which lasted for more than 1300 years, making it the longest way to select talents in the world. The largest imperial examination room in ancient China was Jiangnan Gongyuan, covering an area of more than 300,000 square meters. Another China Imperial Examination Museum is the only professional museum in China that reflects China's imperial examination system. It is also the center of China's imperial examination system, China Imperial Examination Cultural Center and China Imperial Examination Cultural Relics Collection Center.