TY - BOOK AU - Li,En TI - Betting on the Civil Service Examinations: The Lottery in Late Qing China SN - 9781684176830 AV - HG6250.W459 U1 - 306.4/820951212 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Massachusetts, Cambridge PB - Harvard University Asia Center KW - Civil service KW - China KW - Examinations KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Gambling KW - Lotteries KW - Law and legislation N1 - Preliminary Material; En Li -- Introduction; En Li -- The History of Gaming, Gambling, and the Lottery; En Li -- The Community That the Lottery Made; En Li -- The Art of Betting; En Li -- Government Regulation, 1861–84; En Li -- The Case of 1885 -- Restoration and Aftermath; En Li -- The Crossroads of 1885 -- Zhang Zhidong in a “Season of Existential Crisis”; En Li -- The Cantonese Origin of a Transnational Practice; En Li -- Conclusion; En Li -- Notes; En Li -- Works Cited; En Li -- Character List; En Li -- Index; En Li -- Harvard East Asian Monographs; En Li UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9781684176830 ER -