Excluding the scholar-officials in office, this elite social class consisted of exam candidates, examination degree-holders not yet assigned to an official post, local tutors, and retired officials.
One of the fundamental changes in Chinese society from the Tang to the Song dynasty was the transformation of the scholarly elite, which included the scholar-officials and all those who held examination degrees or were candidates of the civil service examinations.
He failed to win even the lowest of the classical-examination degrees but was to have the distinction of being the first Han Chinese to hold a viceroyalty and to become a grand councillor without any academic qualification.
The amount of flexion required for examination and degree of angulation that indicates a complete tear of the proper collateral ligament varies between authors (see Table 1).
As part of the clinical examination, the degree of DR was assessed using the international clinical DR severity scale (16).
At each examination, 30 degree color stereoscopic fundus photographs were taken of both eyes of each participant.
On macroscopic examination, the degree of colon damage was scored as follows: 0, normal colon tissue; 1, minimal colon wall thickening without congestion; 2, moderate colon wall thickening with congestion; 3, moderate colon wall thickening, rigidity, and congestion; and 4, marked colon wall thickening, rigidity, and congestion.
On physical examination, second-degree burns on the anterior aspect of both knees were observed.
However, since we utilized a more nuanced categorization scheme for defining insufficient sleep (VSS and SS), we were able to perform a more detailed examination of degrees of insufficient sleep that blacks and whites experienced habitually.
