By Benjamin A. Elman
ISBN-10: 067472495X
ISBN-13: 9780674724952
Civil examinations have been instituted in China within the 7th century CE, yet within the Ming and Qing eras they have been on the heart of a posh social net that held jointly the highbrow, political, and financial lifetime of imperial China. neighborhood elites and the court docket sought to steer how the govt regulated the classical curriculum and chosen civil officers. As a guarantor of academic benefit, examinations tied the dynasty to the privileged gentry and literati classes--both ideologically and institutionally.
China eradicated its classical exam approach in 1905. yet this rigorously balanced, continually contested piece of social engineering, labored out over centuries, used to be an early harbinger of the meritocratic regime of school forums and different front assessments that undergirds better schooling in a lot of the area today.
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