Officialdom unmasked : [Guan chang xian xing ji] / by Li Boyuan; translated and abridged by T.L. Yang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906.

Contributor:

Yang, T. L., 1929-2023.

Standardized Title:

Guan chang xian xing ji. English. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906--Translations into English.

Li, Boyuan.

China--Social life and customs--1644-1912--Fiction.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (647 p.)

Other Title:

Guan chang xian xing ji

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Officialdom Unmasked was written by Li Boyuan in the early years of the twentieth century as the dynasty crumbled. Bizarre though they may seem, the stories told in the novel are based on true stories.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1.The Importance of Passing an Examination; 2.The Plight of an Examination Candidate; 3.The Ups and Downs in Officialdom; 4.A Disaster Was Averted; A Birthday Celebration Followed; 5.All for Money and Money for All; 6.The Might of the Army; 7.The First Steps Towards Forging Foreign Relations; 8.Doing Business in a Brothel; 9.The Officials' Fear of Foreigners; 10.Dishonesty Is the Best Policy; 11.A Box of Refreshments for an Official Post; 12.A Military Expedition on Floating Brothels; 13.A Prostitute's Life for Fifty Dollars; 14.A Punitive Attack on the Innocent

15.How the Accusers Become the Accused16.An Officer's Theft; 17.Crooks vs. Crooks; 18.No Honour Among Officials; 19.How to be Corrupt and Stay Respectable; 20.The Idiosyncrasy of an Acting Governor; 21.How Best to Rid Oneself of Opium Addiction; 22.Hypocrisy in Different Forms; 23.The Judge, His Mother and His Son; 24.The Official, the Whore and the Nun; 25.Shopping Around for an Official Post; 26.When Is a Gift Not a Bribe?; 27.The Disappointed Expectant Intendant; 28.Justice Must Be Bought; 29.The Pious Governor-General; 30.Neither One's Own Name or Daughter Is Sacred

31.Only Fools Show Off32.Different Ways of Achieving the Same End; 33.The Lieutenant-Governor's First Visit to the Bank; 34.The Thriving Trade Called Charity; 35. A Birthday Gift to the Emperor; 36.Beware the Concubines; 37.The Governor-General Outwitted by His Concubine; 38.The Ascendancy of a Slave Girl; 39.The Importance of an Official's Leg; 40.Conduct Unbecoming; 41.On Assuming a New Office; 42.The Eccentric Governor-General; 43.The Destitute Petty Officials; 44.Small Officials, Small Money; 45.Meddling in a Betrothal Dispute; 46.Greedy Father, Greedier Son

47.How the Prefect Profits From His Sons' Illegal Gambling48.Anything to Please One's Superior; 49.The Plight of a Deceased Commander's Concubines; 50.The Conspiracy Between Officials and Criminals; 51.The Intendant Steals From a Trusting Widow; 52.How to Steal a Mansion and a Mine; 53.How to Handle Foreigners; 54.The Privileged Christian and the Underprivileged Muslim; 55.The Arrival of the Foreign Gunboats; 56.The Kudos of Having Been Overseas; 57.The Spearman and the Consul; 58.The Governor's Foreign Adviser; 59.The Official's Relatives; 60.The Joys and Sadness of Official Life

Notes:

Parallel title in Chinese characters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70368-4

9786612703683

988-220-232-2

OCLC:

642690009