The class of 1761 : examinations, state, and elites in eighteenth-century China
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Bibliographic Information
The class of 1761 : examinations, state, and elites in eighteenth-century China
Stanford University Press, 2004
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-292) and index
Contents of Works
- The meanings of examination
- Regulating aspirations
- Spring rites
- Fair fraud and fraudulent fairness
- Paths to glory
- Coda : definitions of failure
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Class of 1761 reveals the workings of China's imperial examination system from the unique perspective of a single graduating class. The author follows the students' struggles in negotiating the examination system along with bureaucratic intrigue and intellectual conflict, as well as their careers across the Empire-to the battlefields of imperial expansion in Annam and Tibet, the archives where the glories of the empire were compiled, and back to the chambers where they in turn became examiners for the next generation of aspirants.
The book explores the rigors and flexibilities of the examination system as it disciplined men for political life and shows how the system legitimated both the Manchu throne and the majority non-Manchu elite. In the system's intricately articulated networks, we discern the stability of the Qing empire and the fault lines that would grow to destabilize it.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents for The Class of 1761 List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. The Meanings of Examination 2. Regulating Aspirations 3. Spring Rites 4. Fair Fraud and Fraudulent Fairness 5. Paths to Glory Coda: Definitions of Failure Appendix 1: Grades for the Annual Examination Appendix 2: Provincial Examination Quotas Appendix 3: Number of Attempts for the Metropolitan Degree Appendix 4: Price of Imperial College Studentships Appendix 5: 1761 Class List Character List Reference Matter Notes Bibliography Index
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