Question

The Japanese adopted ideas about government from the Tang dynasty. Which of the following was included in those ideas?
A.
a more powerful local administration
B.
a civil service system based on merit
C.
a class system with nobles as the government officials
D.
a stronger central government

Answer 1

D. a stronger central government

Explanation: Japanese rulers borrowed Tang China's model of a centralized imperial state (legal codes and bureaucracy) to strengthen central authority. They did not adopt the Tang civil-service examination system based on merit (so B is incorrect), and they did not shift to stronger local administrations (A is the opposite). While nobles held power in Japan, the key borrowed idea was centralization rather than creating a purely merit-based or strictly noble-run bureaucracy (C is not the best answer).