The reform and abolition of the traditional Chinese examination system / by Wolfgang Franke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franke, Wolfgang, 1912-2007, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 10.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--China--Examinations.

Civil service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : East Asian Research Center, Harvard University, [1972]

Language Note:

Text in Japanese.

Summary:

Describes various efforts at reform of the traditional Chinese examination system and its eventual abolition. Includes chapters on the history of the system, efforts at reform prior to 1900, and abolition after 1900.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Historical Introduction

Criticims of the Slstem

Efforts at Reform before 1900

Abolition of the Traditional System after 1900

Notes

Principal Sources for the History of Schools and Examinations during the Kuang-hsü Period

Harvard East Asian Monographs, 10.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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Contains:

First Blood.

ISBN:

1-68417-141-5

OCLC:

574874539

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684171415 DOI