Participants in these events invoked a god who lives near the Big Dipper and would send his mute attendant “Red Coat” to aid them. (0[1])Missionaries stood near these events handing out tracts like Good Words to Admonish the Age, (0[1])which Edwin Stevens (0[1])fatefully gave to a failed participant (0[1])in 1836. People (0[1])trying to become (20[1])jìnshì (“JEEN-shurr”) in these events sometimes wore special socks (20[1])and vests (20[1]0[3])to the complexes of open-faced cells (20[1])where they took place. Lack of (*) success in these events (10[1])led Hóng (10[1])Xiùquán (10[3])(“hong see’ooh-ch’wen”) to start (10[1]0[2])the Tàipíng Rebellion. (10[3]0[1])The emperor (10[1])oversaw the final (10[1])stage of these events, (0[1])which involved (10[1])composing an “eight-legged essay” to display knowledge of the Four Books and Five Classics. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name these events (10[1])used to select officials (10[1])to (10[1])work (0[1])in the Chinese government. ■END■ (10[8]0[3])