A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China (Philip E. Lilienthal Book)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 889
ISBN-13: 9780520215092
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Civil service & public sector; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; Examinations; Political Science; History - General History; China; Asia - China; Sociology - General; History / General; Civil Service; Public Affairs & Administration; History
First sentence: This account of late imperial civil examinations begins by looking carefully at the historical conditions within which native and conquest dynasties appropriated the civil service and literati teachings (ju-hsueh, usually called Confucianism) in China before 1400.