McMullen, David (2011) The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? Sunway Academic Journal, 8. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1823-500X
|
Text
SAJ_8_2011_01-11.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives. Download (273kB) | Preview |
Abstract
This article describes the principles behind the Chinese examination system in dynastic China, outlines some of the changes that took place in the examinations over more than a millennium and provides a tentative answer to the question of how effective they were as selectors for government service of the brightest and best from among China's population.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Author is with the Dept. of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Others > Non Sunway Academics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Molly Chuah |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2016 06:51 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2016 06:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/384 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
