Civil Service Examination Policy of Mac Dynasty and Role of Nguyen Binh Khiem

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Among the talented and renowned Confucian intelligentsia trained under the Mac dynasty, Nguyen Binh Khiem is one of the most influential characters of the Vietnamese history and culture in the 16^th century. His wholehearted service towards the dynasty was the result of a process of studying the reality and apprehending the course of development by a Confucian scholar who was abreast of his times. Nguyen Binh Khiem was well-known not only as a teacher highly esteemed for the morality and literary talent, but also as a prophet who foretold the developments of Vietnam – he is considered the No.1 forecaster in the country’s history. People pass to one another words of predictions thought to have been spoken by him, which are called the Oracles by First Doctoral Candidate Trình (named after the title conferred on him by the royal court).