China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China

China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China

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China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China

China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China

Written by Ichisada Miyazaki
4.85 88,318 ratings
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Written by one of the foremost historians of Chinese institutions, this book focuses on China’s civil service examination system in its final and most elaborate phase during the Ch’ing dynasty. All aspects of this labyrinthine system are explored: the types of questions, the style and form in which they were to be answered, the problem of cheating, and the psychological and financial burdens of the candidates, the rewards of the successful and the plight of those who failed. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including Chinese novels, short stories, and plays, this thought provoking and entertaining book brings to vivid life the testing structure that supplied China’s government bureaucracy for almost fourteen hundred years.

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Language Eng
Published February, 1976
ISBN 766116
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