Power for a Price. The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China, Hardback/Lawrence Zhang

The Qing dynasty office purchase system (juanna), which allowed individuals to pay for government appointments, was regarded in traditional Chinese historiography as inherently corrupt and anti-meritocratic. Lawrence Zhang 's groundbreaking study of a broad selection of new archival and other printed evidence contradicts this widely held assessment. Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center Author(s): Lawrence Zhang Illustration(s): 1 photo, 1 illus., 4 color illus., 19 tables Number of pages: 328 Collection: Harvard East Asian Monographs Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 25 Cover type: Hardback