China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China (Kakyo-Chugoku No Shikenjigoku)

By Ichisada Miyazaki ; Translated By Conrad Schirokauer. Translation Of Kakyo. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 131-135. EXAMINATION CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PREPARING FOR THE EXAMINATIONS 2 THE DISTRICT AND PREFECTURAL EXAMINATIONS 3 THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION 4 THE “ANNUAL” AND SPECIAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 5 THE PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION AND REEXAMINATION 6 THE METROPOLITAN EXAMINATION AND REEXAMINATION 7 THE PALACE EXAMINATION AND THE COURT REVIEW 8 THE MILITARY EXAMINATION SYSTEM 9 THE SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS 10 AN EVALUATION OF THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING by Conrad Schirokauer IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM GLOSSARY-INDEX