The Scholar and the State: Fiction as Political Discourse in Late Imperial China by Liangyan Ge
The Scholar and the State: Fiction as Political Discourse in Late Imperial China
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Liangyan Ge
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The Scholar and the State: Fiction as Political Discourse in Late Imperial China

Liangyan Ge

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In imperial China, intellectuals devoted years of their lives to passing rigorous examinations in order to obtain a civil service position in the state bureaucracy. This traditional employment of the literati class conferred social power and moral...

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