| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 495 pages 23 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
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text file |
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 289
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 289.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Intellectual Traditions and Teachers -- Examination Expositions and Policy Response Essays in Literati Culture -- The "Yongjia" Teachers' Standards for Examination Success (ca. 1150-ca. 1200) -- Preparing for the Examinations (ca. 1150-ca. 1200): The "Yongjia" Curriculum -- Court Politics and Examination Standards (1127-1274) -- Preparing for the Examinations (ca. 1150-1274): Developing the Learning of the Way Curriculum -- The Learning of the Way Transformation of Examination Standards (ca. 1200-1274) -- Conclusion -- Notes on Primary Sources -- Tables -- Works Consulted -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs. |
| Summary |
"Between the sixth and twentieth centuries, the civil service examinations created and maintained political coherence across the Chinese polity. Preparation for the examinations transformed the lives of literate elites by defining educational standards and disseminating a language that determined elite status. However, as participation in the examinations became central to that status, an intense competition to determine the educational curriculum and the subject matter of the examinations erupted between intellectual and political rivals. The principal goal of this book is to explain the restructuring of the examination field during a critical point in its history, the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), which witnessed the increasing domination of the examinations by the Neo-Confucian Learning of the Way movement." "By analyzing textbooks, examination questions and essays, and official and private commentary, the author examines how occupational, political, and intellectual groups shaped curricular standards and examination criteria and how examination standards in turn shaped political and intellectual agendas. These questions reframe the debate about the civil service examinations and their place in the imperial order. The author argues that answering these questions requires that the examinations be perceived as a field with conventions particular to it and subject to historical change, in which competing groupings of teachers and representatives of the court negotiated standards for the examinations, and, by extension, standards for statesmanship and local leadership."--Jacket |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil service -- China -- Examinations -- History.
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Civil service. |
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China. |
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Examinations. |
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History. |
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China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279.
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Civil service -- Examinations. |
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Song Dynasty (China) |
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Civil service -- China -- Examinations -- History. |
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China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279. |
| Chronological Term |
960-1279 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Weerdt, Hilde Godelieve Dominique. Competition over content. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007010676 (OCoLC)85892472 |
| ISBN |
9781684174584 (electronic book) |
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1684174589 (electronic book) |
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9780674025882 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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0674025881 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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