The Han-Lin Academy: A biographical approach to career patterns in the early Ch'ing (1644-1795).

Main author: Yuen-chung, Adam Lui
Format: Theses           
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Summary: The thesis which I am going to present consists of three Sections. Section A serves as an introduction to the other two Sections by providing an institutional account of the Han-lin Academy. Section B goes into detailed description of the career patterns of the Han-lin members, the main source of materials for this Section mainly derived from biographies. Section C is a statistical analysis on some of the extra-bureaucratic and bureaucratic factors on advancement. More detailed information on the thesis as a whole is given in the Preface below.
Language: English
Published: SOAS University of London 1968