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Civil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China / Benjamin A. Elman.
LIBRA JQ1512.Z13 E8721115 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil service--China--Examinations--History.
- Civil service.
- China.
- Examinations.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- Part I Becoming Mainstream: "Way Learning" during the Late Empire
- 1 Ming Imperial Power, Cultural Politics, and Civil Examinations 13
- 2 Ming to Qing: "Way Learning" Standards and the 8-Legged Essay 46
- Part II Unintended Consequences of Civil Examinations
- 3 Circulation of Ming-Qing Elites 95
- 4 Classical Literacy in Late Imperial China 126
- 5 Anxiety, Dreams, and the Examination Life 147
- Part III Retooling Civil Examinations to Suit Changing Times
- 6 Limits of Dynastic Power 213
- 7 From Ming to Qing Policy Questions 250
- 8 Curricular Reform: From Qing to the Taipings 280.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674724952
- 067472495X
- OCLC:
- 840460712
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