A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China (Philip E. Lilienthal Book),New

A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China (Philip E. Lilienthal Book),New

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In this multidimensional analysis, Benjamin A. Elman uses over a thousand newly available examination records from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties, 13151904, to explore the social, political, and cultural dimensions of the civil examination system, one of the most important institutions in Chinese history. For over five hundred years, the most important positions within the dynastic government were usually filled through these difficult examinations, and every other year some one to two million people from all levels of society attempted them.Covering the late imperial system from its inception to its demise, Elman revises our previous understanding of how the system actually worked, including its political and cultural machinery, the unforeseen consequences when it was unceremoniously scrapped by modernist reformers, and its longterm historical legacy. He argues that the MingCh'ing civil examinations from 1370 to 1904 represented a substantial break with T'angSung dynasty literary examinations from 650 to 1250. Late imperial examinations also made 'Tao Learning,' NeoConfucian learning, the dynastic orthodoxy in official life and in literati culture. The intersections between elite social life, popular culture, and religion that are also considered reveal the full scope of the examination process throughout the late empire.

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