▁three ▁kinds ▁of ▁g w age o ▁ex ams ▁- ▁literary , ▁military , ▁and ▁mis cell aneous , ▁among ▁which ▁literary ▁route ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁pr estig ious . ▁( Many ▁of ▁key ▁posts ▁including ▁all ▁C ensor ate ▁posts ▁were ▁open ▁only ▁to ▁officials ▁who ▁advanced ▁through ▁literary ▁exam .) ▁In ▁case ▁of ▁literary ▁route , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁four ▁tests , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁one ▁had ▁to ▁pass ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁qual ify ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁official . ▁ 3 3 ▁candidates ▁who ▁were ▁chosen ▁in ▁this ▁manner ▁took ▁the ▁final ▁exam ▁before ▁the ▁king ▁for ▁pla cement . ▁The ▁candidate ▁with ▁the ▁highest ▁score ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁a ▁position ▁of ▁ 6 th ▁junior ▁rank ▁( a ▁jump ▁of ▁six ▁ranks ). ▁Two ▁candidates ▁with ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁highest ▁scores ▁were ▁appointed ▁to ▁a ▁position ▁of ▁ 7 th ▁junior ▁rank . ▁Seven ▁candidates ▁with ▁next ▁highest ▁scores ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁ 8 th ▁junior ▁rank ▁while ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 2 3 ▁candidates ▁were ▁given ▁ 9 th ▁junior ▁rank , ▁the ▁lowest ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁ranks . ▁ ▁The ▁officials ▁of ▁ 1 st ▁senior ▁rank , ▁ 1 st ▁junior ▁rank , ▁and ▁ 2 nd ▁senior ▁rank ▁were ▁addressed ▁with ▁honor ific ▁" da e - g am " ▁( 대 감 , ▁ 大 <0xE7> <0x9B> <0xA3> ) ▁while ▁those ▁of ▁ 2 nd ▁junior ▁rank ▁and ▁ 3 rd ▁senior ▁rank ▁were ▁addressed ▁with ▁honor ific ▁" ye ong - g