The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best?
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 o...
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| spelling | sunway-3842016-09-29T06:51:02Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/384/ The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? McMullen, David DS Asia L Education (General) 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. Sunway University 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nd http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/384/1/SAJ_8_2011_01-11.pdf 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 |
| spellingShingle | DS Asia L Education (General) McMullen, David The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? |
| title | The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? |
| title_full | The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? |
| title_fullStr | The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? |
| title_short | The Chinese examination system in dynastic China: Did it select the brightest and best? |
| title_sort | chinese examination system in dynastic china: did it select the brightest and best? |
| topic | DS Asia L Education (General) |
| url | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/384/ http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/384/1/SAJ_8_2011_01-11.pdf |