- Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I: Becoming Mainstream: “Way Learning” during the Late Empire
- 1. Ming Imperial Power, Cultural Politics, and Civil Examinations
- 2. Ming to Qing: “Way Learning” Standards and the 8-Legged Essay
- Part II: Unintended Consequences of Civil Examinations
- 3. Circulation of Ming-Qing Elites
- 4. Classical Literacy in Late Imperial China
- 5. Anxiety, Dreams, and the Examination Life
- Part III: Retooling Civil Examinations to Suit Changing Times
- 6. Limits of Dynastic Power
- 7. From Ming to Qing Policy Questions
- 8. Curricular Reform: From Qing to the Taipings
- Appendixes
- 1. Dates of Chinese Dynasties
- 2. Emperors of the Great Ming (1368–1644)
- 3. Emperors of the Great Qing (1644–1911)
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China
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$45.00 • £33.95 • €40.50
ISBN 9780674726048
Publication: November 2013
