18887 degree holders from civil, military, and facilitated civil service examinations held between 1128 and 1274. The data provides their spatial distribution and is derived from the China Biographical Database as of 2025. It was authored by Peter Bol and hosted on the Peter K. Bol Dataverse.
Use Cases
- Analyzing regional distribution of educated elites based on spatial data
- Studying historical trends in civil service examination participation over the 146-year period
- Investigating the composition of degree holders across civil, military, and facilitated categories
Strengths
- 18887 individual records provide a substantial sample size
- Data spans a specific 146-year historical period (1128-1274)
- Includes spatial distribution information
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to the historical database
Provenance
- Source
- China Biographical Database
- Time Range
- 1128-1274
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 17:13:28; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- China