A cultural history of civil examinations in late imperial China, Benjamin A. Elman

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A cultural history of civil examinations in late imperial China, Benjamin A. Elman

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Benjamin A. Elman

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• A cultural history of civil examinations in late imperial China

Publication

• Berkeley, University of California Press, ©2000

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"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Half t.p

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-796) and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Rethinking the historical roots of late imperial civil examinations -- Imperial power, cultural politics, and civil examination in the early Ming -- Institutional dynamics and the mobilization of elites in late imperial civil examinations -- Examination compounds and the limits of dynastic power -- Classical literacy and the social dimensions of late imperial civil examinations -- Emotional anxiety, dreams of success, and the examination life -- The cultural scope of civil examinations and the eight-legged essay among elites -- Examiner standards, literati interpretation, and limits to the dynasitc control of knowledge -- Natural studies, history, and Han learning in civil examinations -- Acceleration of curricular reform under Ch'ing rule before 1800 -- Delegitimation and decanonization : the pitfalls of late Ch'ing examination reform -- Appendix 1 : civil examination primary sources, 1148-1904 -- Appendix 2 : civil examination primary sources in the Mormon genealogical library -- Appendix 3 : tables -- Appendix 4 : timelines for civil examination curriculum change, 650-1905 -- Appendix 5 : major types of civil examination sources besides gazetteers

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40881562

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24 cm

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xlii, 847 pages

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9780520215092

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(alk. paper)

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99020628

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unmediated

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• n

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illustrations, maps

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.b43932095

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(OCoLC)40881562