Rituals of Recruitment in Tang China

Oliver Moore, Ph.D. (1993), Chinese History, University of Cambridge, is Lecturer in the Art and Material Culture of China at Leiden University. His publications on aspects of Chinese writing and painting include Reading the Past: Chinese (British Museum Press, 2000).

出版者:Brill

作者:Oliver J. Moore

页数:288

出版时间:2004-8-30

价格:GBP 141.32

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9789004139374

丛书系列:Sinica Leidensia

图书标签:科举历史莱顿海外中国研究汉学官制唐代唐

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.