Rebuilding the Bureaucracy
vUnity
ØAristocracy weakened
ØConfucian ideology
revised
ØScholar-gentry elite
reestablished
ØBureaucracy
Strengthened
ØBureau of Censors Created
vThe Growing Importance of
the Examination System
ØBirth, connections
important for office
vGolden Age of foreign
relations with other countries.
Ø Japan, Korea, Persia
