alleryWhich body in China printed examination textbooks in vast numbers for its civil service?
AShanghai merchants
BThe imperial state
CBuddhist monasteries
DWestern missionaries
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The imperial state
The imperial state sponsored the printing of civil service examination textbooks, so output grew large.
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