Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China : Reading an Annual Programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940) /
Moore, Oliver,
Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China : Reading an Annual Programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940) / Reading an Annual Programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940) Oliver Moore. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Sinica Leidensia ; 65 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Sinica Leidensia ; 65. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on translations of an unique Tang text, the Collected Statements , this work explores a worthy social commentary on the examination life that its compiler witnessed. Gradually providing a full picture of the civil service examination, it describes the emergence of the literary culture surrounding civil service examination recruitment during China's Tang dynasty (618-907); considers the series of rituals that Tang examination candidates underwent throughout the annual examinations; contrasts lavish court ceremonies of the early Tang period with more private rituals of acknowledgement that became fashionable in the second half of the dynasty. An annual programme of rituals became the cardinal definition of examination recruitment for both participants and onlookers. With valuable insights into the political and social tensions in the Tang history of competitive examination degrees.
9789047405719 9789004139374
10.1163/9789047405719 DOI
Civil service--Examinations.
Civil service--Examinations--History.--China
Employees--Recruiting.
Tang Dynasty (China)
China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907.
China--Officials and employees--Recruiting--History.
JQ1512
352.6/5/095109021
Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China : Reading an Annual Programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940) / Reading an Annual Programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940) Oliver Moore. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Sinica Leidensia ; 65 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Sinica Leidensia ; 65. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on translations of an unique Tang text, the Collected Statements , this work explores a worthy social commentary on the examination life that its compiler witnessed. Gradually providing a full picture of the civil service examination, it describes the emergence of the literary culture surrounding civil service examination recruitment during China's Tang dynasty (618-907); considers the series of rituals that Tang examination candidates underwent throughout the annual examinations; contrasts lavish court ceremonies of the early Tang period with more private rituals of acknowledgement that became fashionable in the second half of the dynasty. An annual programme of rituals became the cardinal definition of examination recruitment for both participants and onlookers. With valuable insights into the political and social tensions in the Tang history of competitive examination degrees.
9789047405719 9789004139374
10.1163/9789047405719 DOI
Civil service--Examinations.
Civil service--Examinations--History.--China
Employees--Recruiting.
Tang Dynasty (China)
China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907.
China--Officials and employees--Recruiting--History.
JQ1512
352.6/5/095109021