This chinese thinkers beliefs were adopted by the han dynasty and used as part of a civil service examination to gain employment in the government

Your answer would be Confucius.

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though both had similar roots, they both took these similar bases & formed it into their own way. both the byzantine empire and ancient roman have similar aspects, but each one made it unique. both the byzantine empire and ancient romans had roman influences which affected their culture

the answer d vegetative