Research Catalog

Title

A brief history of the official system in China / author, Xie Baocheng ; translator, Chen Mirong ; polisher, Alastair Robert Wilson.

Author

Xie, Baocheng

Publication

[United Kingdom] : Paths International Ltd, c2013.

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Details

Description

iv, 227 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Economic history in China series

Uniform Title

Economic history in China series

Subject

• Civil service > China > History
• Public administration > China > History
• China > Politics and government
• China > Politics and government > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introducing the Official System in Ancient China -- 1. Evolution of the ancient official system -- 2. Basic features of the ancient official system -- 3. Major records of the official system -- ch. 2 Pre-Qin Royal Power and Post-Qin Imperial Power -- 1. Lineage-based royal power -- 2. Autocratic-oriented imperial power -- 3. Crown Prince, imperial harem and eunuchs -- ch. 3 The Central Decision-making System -- 1. The administrative Imperial Secretariat -- 2. The policy-formulating Secretariat and the advisory Chancellery -- 3. Intervention of Hanlin Scholars and Palace Secretaries -- 4. Installment of the Cabinet and the Council of State -- ch. 4 The Central Government System -- 1. Three Dukes and Nine Chamberlains: Masters of the Outer Court -- 2. Imperial Secretariat: Overseer of all offices -- 3. Three Departments and Six Ministries in transformation -- 4. The Chancellor abolished, replaced by the Six Ministries -- ch. 5 Territorial Administration -- 1. The exterior domain: feuds and fiefs -- 2. The Commandery-County system -- 3. Development of the Province system -- 4. Administration of bordering areas -- 5. Increasingly sophisticated grass-root administration -- ch. 6 The Surveillance System -- 1. The Palace Aide to the Censor-in-chief and the Metropolitan Commandant -- 2. Independence of the Censorate -- 3. Assimilation of surveillance and remonstration; addition of agencies for territorial surveillance -- 4. The Chief Surveillance Bureau in lieu of the Censorate -- ch. 7 The Military System -- 1. Commanding institutions and military establishment -- 2. Establishment of the Imperial Armies -- 3. Territorial armed forces -- ch. 8 Personnel Administration -- 1. Recruitment and appointment -- 2. Ranks, titles and salaries -- 3. Assessment, rewards and punishments.

ISBN

• 9781844641529
• 184464152X

OCLC

• 794366688
• SCSB-12234867

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library