Examinations, State, and Elites in Eighteenth-Century China
by
Iona Man-Cheong
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2004
The Class of 1761 reveals the workings of China's imperial examination system from the unique perspective of a single graduating class. The author follows the students' struggles in negotiating the examination system along with bureaucratic intrigue and intellectual conflict, as well as their careers...