Power for a Price : : The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China / / Lawrence Zhang.
The Qing dynasty office purchase system (juanna), which allowed individuals to pay for appointments in the government, was regarded in traditional Chinese historiography as an inherently corrupt and anti-meritocratic practice. It enabled participants to become civil and military officials while avoi...
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian Monograph Series ; Volume 456 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
Volume 456. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages). |
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