Print version: Elman, Benjamin A. Civil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013 xi, 401 pages ; 24 cm ISBN 9780674724952
Includes bibliographical references and index
part I. Becoming mainstream : "way learning" during the late empire -- part II. Unintended consequences of civil examinations -- part III. Retooling civil examinations to suit changing times.