The Class of 1761: Examinations, State, and Elites in Eighteenth-Century China by Iona D. Man-Cheong

The Class of 1761: Examinations, State, and Elites in Eighteenth-Century China

Iona D. Man-Cheong

312 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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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 intrig...

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