Betting on the civil service examinations: the lottery in late qing china
Auteur :
Li, En
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674293830
Date de publication :
20 juin 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
612 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In Betting on the Civil Service Examinations, En Li places the history of Chinese weixing, or “surname guessing,†for civil service examinations in a larger context. Li traces institutional revenue innovations surrounding lottery regulation and depicts an expansive community stretching among Guangdong, Southeast Asia, and North America.