The imperial examination system influenced psychology, social custom and art in Tang Dynasty and especially influenced frame of going to advance or withdrawing from politics.

科举制度对整个唐代的士林心态、风俗习尚以及文学艺术产生过深远影响，尤其是对唐人出处进退的人生选择以及人生哲学的架构意义更为重大。

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But it is a centuries-old attitude to European power politics, more than imperial history, that has set Britain apart.

ECONOMIST: A question of balance

World War I turned Wilson not only against German militarism but against the structure of world politics and economics that the imperial struggle for colonies had sustained.

NPR: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of U.S. Imperialism

The imperial family, constitutionally bound now to keep out of politics, can influence the debate only indirectly.

ECONOMIST: Japan