Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank by Beverley Jackson

Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank

Beverley Jackson

310 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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NOW IN PAPERBACK!For 13 centuries, throughout China male recruits studied diligently for a long series of grueling examinations in hopes of achieving the civil rank that would enable them to serve the emperor of China. For the fortunate few who pa...

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