What effect did having a bureaucracy of scholar-officials have on the Song dynasty?
a.
It created stability and an efficient government.
b.
It created a government in which nothing was accomplished due to mismanagement.
c.
It created sharp divisions within the society, eventually leading to a civil war.
d.
It created a very unstable government.

Question

What effect did having a bureaucracy of scholar-officials have on the Song dynasty?
a.
It created stability and an efficient government.
b.
It created a government in which nothing was accomplished due to mismanagement.
c.
It created sharp divisions within the society, eventually leading to a civil war.
d.
It created a very unstable government.

praetorian.10 · Answer

Scholars were more interested in scholarship than doing those jobs that were necessary to make a government run smoothly. The Song Dynasty suffered many years of disharmony because of scholars' inability to run a government .