Social Hierarchy of Mandarins
During the Qing dynasty, the highest rank a mandarin could achieve in the mandarin social hierarchy, the governor of a Chinese province, was signified by wearing a mandarin hat-pin made of ruby. The lower ranks of mandarins were signified by hat-pins made of coral, sapphire, lapis lazuli, white jade, gold, and silver.
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