“Presented” members of this profession were once designated with the title jìnshì (-5[1])(“JEEN-shurr”). A class centered (10[1])on this profession was the dominant participant (10[2])of an “eight-legged” (10[1])process carried (10[1])out in a cell. (10[2]-5[1])A campaign (10[2])by (10[1])Qín Shǐ Huáng (10[1])(“cheen shurr hwong”) to bury (10[1])members (10[1]-5[1])of this profession (10[13]-5[4])ended a (10[1])historical (10[3]-5[1])period (10[2])named after (10[1])a hundred (-5[1])groups (-5[1])of them. (10[2]-5[3])A member (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])this profession (10[3])chronicled (10[1])events (-5[1])in his home state (10[1]-5[2])in the (10[1])Spring and Autumn Annals. (10[2]-5[2])Under the Suí (-5[2])(“sway”) dynasty, (10[2]-5[1])a class (-5[2])of officials (10[1]-5[1])of this profession (-5[1])were (-5[1])first administered (10[1])imperial (-5[2])exams (-5[2])to become (-5[2])civil (0[1])servants. (-5[9])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])name this profession of Confucius (10[1]-5[3])and (10[1])his followers. (10[4])■END■ (10[46]0[21])