Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China /

Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China / / Benjamin A. Elman.

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During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men gathered by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds sprinkled across China. Only one percent of candidates would complete the academic regimen that would earn them a post in the administrative b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Elman, Benjamin A.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 2 halftones, 20 line illustrations, 2 maps, 14 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Conventions
  • Introduction
  • Part I Becoming Mainstream: "Way Learning" during the Late Empire
  • 1. Ming Imperial Power, Cultural Politics, and Civil Examinations
  • 2. Ming to Qing: "Way Learning" Standards and the 8- Legged Essay
  • Part II Unintended Consequences of Civil Examinations
  • 3. Circulation of Ming- Qing Elites
  • 4. Classical Literacy in Late Imperial China
  • 5. Anxiety, Dreams, and the Examination Life
  • Part III Retooling Civil Examinations to Suit Changing Times
  • 6. Limits of Dynastic Power
  • 7. From Ming to Qing Policy Questions
  • 8. Curricular Reform: From Qing to the Taipings
  • Appendixes
  • 1. Dates of Chinese Dynasties
  • 2. Emperors of the Great Ming (1368- 1644)
  • 3. Emperors of the Great Qing (1644- 1911)
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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