TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moore,Oliver
TI  - Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China: Reading an Annual Programme in the Collected Statements by Wang Dingbao (870-940) 
T2  - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
SN  - 9789047405719
AV  - JQ1512 
U1  - 352.6/5/095109021 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Examinations
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Employees
KW  - Recruiting
KW  - Tang Dynasty (China)
KW  - Tang dynasty, 618-907
KW  - Officials and employees
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047405719
ER  -