Civil Examinations And Meritocracy In Late Imperial China
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780674724952
Description: "During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds sprinkled across China. Only one percent of candidates would complete the academic regimen that would earn them a post in the administrative bureaucracy. Civil Examinations assesses the role of education, examination, and China's civil service in fostering the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge and skill."--book jacket.