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Answer to Puzzle #6118:

Imperial Eaminations!

A civil service examination system in Imperial China to select candidates for the state bureaucracy. This system gave Chinese empires the stability for more than 2,000 years and later served as a model for civil service systems world wide that were developed in other Asian and Western countries.

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Image Clue : 2

The members of the administrative system of traditional Chinese government, were selected by 'Competitive Examinations'. In its early form, those desiring to enter the upper levels of the bureaucracy competed in the jinshi exams, which tested a candidate’s knowledge of the Confucian Classics.

Text-Image Clues 1 + 5:

'What is Ethics?' + 'Confucius' + The quote referring to 'Job'.

The written tests were meant to test the candidates on the 'Knowledge of Confucian Classics' and Candidates were required to memorize these works.

Note : Confucian thoughts mostly focuses on the cultivation of virtue and maintenance of 'Ethics'.
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Text-Image Clue 3 + 4:

This system gradually became the major method of official 'Recruitment' into the bureaucracy. By the end of the Tang dynasty, the old aristocracy was destroyed and its power was taken by the 'Scholars' who staffed the bureaucracy. Also higher promotions were based on a 'Merit' System.

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Thanks for an interesting puzzle @Gauri.

It led me down some interesting paths:

I remembered Neiman Marcus laid off 500 employees not long ago. And it had had a fire in '64. That got me tracking down every member of the Marcus family.

Then I started looking for Europeans named Marcus - hoping for a Neiman Marcus connection but ended up in ancient Rome with Marcus Licinius Crassus.

 

Thanks for the Instant coffee time puzzle @Kaniths.

The multiple choice exam image gave it away.

Examination in ancient China? Easy peasy. Didn't even have to Google.

 

Answer to puzzle #6025 Roman Aqueduct
The Romans constructed numerous aqueducts in order to bring water from distant sources into cities and towns, supplying public baths, fountains and private households. The Romans built over 200 aqueducts in Italy, North Africa, France, Spain, the Middle East, and Turkey. A few of them still carry water today. The Romans built aqueducts with a slope of 10 feet for every 3,200 feet of length. Most aqueducts consisted of tunnels or pipelines with a very shallow downward slope so the water would flow naturally from an elevated source down to cities where it was used. Large aqueducts could supply water for several towns.

Image#1 : Trevi Fountain
The fountain at the junction of three roads (tre vie)[2] marks the terminal point[3] of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revived Aqua Virgo, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome.
Image #2 : Duct tape – clue word – duct
Image #3 : to denote irrigation/ water
Image #4 : Roman bathhouse - They were supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or more normally, by an aqueduct.
Image #5 : underground Aqueducts
Image #6 : Hampi

Hampi was the capital of the 14th century the Vijayanagar empire in present-day India. Around Hampi are the remains of ancient aqueducts and canals that were used to bring water from the Tungabhadra river and feed the tanks and baths. Water inside the temples was usual supplied by aqueducts underground. One of the main branches of the aqueduct supplied water to the Stepped Tank, a 7 meter (23 feet) deep water reservoir. In fact the very discovery of the Stepped Tank was because this branch of the aqueduct appeared to lead nowhere. Archeologists dug the ground at its end point and the tank emerged.

The Pont du Gard (literally bridge of the Gard ) is an ancient aqueduct in the South of France constructed by the Roman Empire. From the Middle Ages to the 18th century, the ancient aqueduct was used as a conventional bridge to facilitate foot traffic across the river. Today, the Pont du Gard is one of France’s top five tourist attractions, with 1.4 million visitors reported in 2001.


Keywords : water, duct, rome, irrigation, bathhouse, fountain

Source : 10 Most Impressive Ancient Aqueducts & Wikipedia

 

Kaniths initially I thought about Made in china and then Confucius philosophy finally came up with civil services exam. simple but good puzzle indeed!

 

Before you said "1 of World Top 10"... I had stumbled on Mathur Aqueduct @ Kanyakumari, South India, one of the longest and highest aqueducts in South Asia. (wiki)

 

@jskls,

Very nicely constructed puzzle it is. Especially, your duct tape clue was exceptional. I always enjoy working on your puzzles.

Viswa

 

Thanks Viswa Sir, but credit goes to Gauri for duct tape image. Though I thought of duct tape clue, it was Gauris suggestion I took to add it.