Examining the Examinations
Fire the "Examining the Examinations" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event china_events.30.
Examining the Examinations
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID china_events.30.
What happens
There are those who feel the Imperial Examiners are not in tune with what is good and proper essay-writing and that the ideal they promote is stale and old fashioned. Among those studying for the exams alternative collections of examination essays have begun circulating of what is considered a more modern form. The examiners, however, are determined to keep promoting good taste and proper form.\nBy supporting the renewal faction we would bring a generation of new thinkers to the fore. This would likely come at the cost of the goodwill and loyalty of the old generation...
Player choices
When this event fires, Examining the Examinations presents these options:
- Learning without thought is labor lost, thought without learning is perilous.
- Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.