Which of the following statements most accurately describes the position of the scholar-gentry under the Song dynasty?A) The Confucian scholar-gentry continued to exist, but the examination system weakened noticeably causing the imperial bureaucracy to depend more and more on the aristocracy.B) The domination of the scholar-gentry over its aristocratic and Buddhist rivals was fully secured in the Song.C) The Song emperors came to rely increasingly on the military as defense of the borders pla

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