Chapter 3. The Literati

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. The Ideal of “Great Unity” 11
6. Chapter 2. The Monarch 44
7. Chapter 3. The Literati 76
8. Chapter 4. Local Elite 104
9. Chapter 5. The People 134
10. Chapter 6. Imperial Political Culture in the Modern Age 162
11. Notes 185
12. Bibliography 209
13. Index 233