For over 1300 years, anyone who wanted to become a civil servant in imperial China had to pass the same exam, the keju. The gruelling tests were an egalitarian route to officialdom, but critics say ...
The Boxer Rebellion was the fourth and largest war, Imperial China fought against Western powers in the nineteenth century. Oddly enough, in its early stages, the Boxer movement was pitted against ...
One hopes Gui Youguang, a 16th-century Chinese bureaucrat, knew how to enjoy success in the moment. By the standards of the time, he was old when he passed the Ming dynasty’s most exacting grade of ...
The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines ...
China’s Communist Party often speaks proudly about what it claims to be 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. But its leaders are still struggling to decide what they should say about the past few ...
CARPENTRY AND BUILDING IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA : A STUDY OF THE FIFTEENTHCENTURY CARPENTERS MANUAL LU BAN JING BY KLAAS RUITENBEEK ...
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