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This book explores the profound cultural impact of the civil service examinations during the period when they first became the primary means of government recruitment.
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Professor Chaffee offers a stimulating investigation into the social impact of the examinations system on the Sung Dynasty. This study analyses how government schools attempted to develop meritocratic recruitment and the consequences that impacted this system both on the elite as well as the upper class.
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John W. Chaffee is Chairperson and Associate Professor in the Department of History at State University of New York, Binghamton. He is coeditor of NeoConfucian Education: The Formative Stage, and former editor of the Bulletin of Sung Yuan Studies.
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- PublisherState University of New York Press
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