phó bảng

Thân thiện

Một vị phó bảng mặc áo gấm xanh đứng trước một tấm bảng vàng.

Definition

1. Noun (historical):
   • Junior Doctor: In the traditional Vietnamese imperial examination system (khoa cử), a "phó bảng" was a scholar who passed the metropolitan examination (thi Hội) and was listed on a supplementary, secondary roster (bảng), ranking directly below the principal doctoral laureates (tiến sĩ).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông cụ thân sinh ra nhà chí sĩ ấy từng đỗ phó bảng. (The father of that patriot once achieved the rank of phó bảng.)
  • Danh hiệu phó bảng có giá trị rất cao trong xã hội phong kiến. (The title of phó bảng held very high value in feudal society.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is exclusively used in historical contexts to discuss the pre-modern Vietnamese education and mandarin system.
• It signifies a specific, prestigious academic achievement that was a key pathway to becoming a government official.

Variants and Related Words

• Tiến sĩ (n): Doctorate, the primary and higher degree awarded to top graduates in the same examination.
• Cử nhân (n): Bachelor's degree, a lower rank achieved in the provincial examinations (thi Hương).
• Khoa cử (n): The imperial examination system.

Synonyms

• Secondary Doctorate (historical context).
• Supplementary Laureate (historical context).

Related Idioms

Học thuật

1. (từ cũ) Junior doctor