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

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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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
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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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