"jinshi" meaning in English

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          "text": "Fan was a native of En-shih, Hupeh. Handsome and intelligent, he went to Peking and made a name for himself quickly after passing the chin-shih examination in 1877.]",
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          "text": "Again there is the story of the experience that befell Huang Yüeh, who obtained his chin-shih during the Ch’ien-lung era (1736-96) and rose to become director of the Board of Rites (li-pu shang-shu), equivalent to a minister of education. He went into the compound to take the examination and was sitting in his cell when a girl came flitting down his lane. Her dress was extremely shabby and her hair disheveled, but her face and figure were extraordinarily beautiful.]",
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