In this multidimensional analysis, Benjamin A. Elman uses over a thousand newly available examination records from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties, 1315-1904, to explore the social, political, and cultural dimensions of the civil examination system, one of the most important institutions in Chinese history. For over five hundred years, the most important positions within the dynastic government were usually filled through these difficult examinations, and every other year some one to two million people from all levels of society attempted them.
Covering the late imperial system from its inception to its demise, Elman revises our previous understanding of how the system actually worked, including its political and cultural machinery, the unforeseen consequences when it was unceremoniously scrapped by modernist reformers, and its long-term historical legacy. He argues that the Ming-Ch'ing civil examinations from 1370 to 1904 represented a substantial break with T'ang-Sung dynasty literary examinations from 650 to 1250. Late imperial examinations also made "Tao Learning," Neo-Confucian learning, the dynastic orthodoxy in official life and in literati culture. The intersections between elite social life, popular culture, and religion that are also considered reveal the full scope of the examination process throughout the late empire.
發表於2024-05-14
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關於這本2000年齣版的科舉文化史,部分觀點在九十年代已經發錶過瞭。關於科舉製度,一般討論的焦點在如何看待科舉與製造社會流動性方麵。在上世紀90年代初,艾爾曼在發錶瞭《從理學到樸學》和《經學政治與宗族》後,先後發錶瞭兩篇文章,一篇是Political, Social, and Cultural...
評分關於這本2000年齣版的科舉文化史,部分觀點在九十年代已經發錶過瞭。關於科舉製度,一般討論的焦點在如何看待科舉與製造社會流動性方麵。在上世紀90年代初,艾爾曼在發錶瞭《從理學到樸學》和《經學政治與宗族》後,先後發錶瞭兩篇文章,一篇是Political, Social, and Cultural...
評分關於這本2000年齣版的科舉文化史,部分觀點在九十年代已經發錶過瞭。關於科舉製度,一般討論的焦點在如何看待科舉與製造社會流動性方麵。在上世紀90年代初,艾爾曼在發錶瞭《從理學到樸學》和《經學政治與宗族》後,先後發錶瞭兩篇文章,一篇是Political, Social, and Cultural...
評分關於這本2000年齣版的科舉文化史,部分觀點在九十年代已經發錶過瞭。關於科舉製度,一般討論的焦點在如何看待科舉與製造社會流動性方麵。在上世紀90年代初,艾爾曼在發錶瞭《從理學到樸學》和《經學政治與宗族》後,先後發錶瞭兩篇文章,一篇是Political, Social, and Cultural...
評分關於這本2000年齣版的科舉文化史,部分觀點在九十年代已經發錶過瞭。關於科舉製度,一般討論的焦點在如何看待科舉與製造社會流動性方麵。在上世紀90年代初,艾爾曼在發錶瞭《從理學到樸學》和《經學政治與宗族》後,先後發錶瞭兩篇文章,一篇是Political, Social, and Cultural...
圖書標籤: 海外中國研究 科舉 曆史 文化史 明清史 Elman 海外漢學 history
太想求全,有的地方因而顯得瑣碎而新意不足,但對科舉製在明清時期的變化研究得很深刻,在搜集資料方麵的功夫令人佩服。
評分厚到可以拿來砸人——捐官部分可以同伍躍作品連起來讀
評分寫科舉的部分,應該是最好的英文研究瞭。 厚厚的一大本,詳實的文獻功底讓人肅然起敬!科舉究竟多大程度推動瞭社會流動瞭呢,這確實是個問題
評分沒想到也有把這本書看完的一天。要寫齣這樣的書,花費的心力可以想見,還是頗值得敬佩。Elman一方麵認為何炳棣等人高估瞭明清的社會流動,強調科舉其實是文化再生產的機製;但在此同時,科舉也是明清政治控製與社會穩定的支柱。 在課上搭配瞭讀瞭另一本2010談清代捐納的博士論文,寫的很有意思。它指齣,我們大多低估瞭捐官的重要性(從另一方麵講,就是高估的科舉的重要性)。其實捐官在清代非常普遍,甚至連有些獲得進士頭銜的人都要透過捐官來加速自己在官場的晉升。
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A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載