Title Officialdom unmasked = : [Guan chang xian xing ji] / by Li Boyuan ; translated and abridged by T.L. Yang.

Publication Info.

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2001.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 634 pages) : illustrations
Note	Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Contents	Preface; 1. The Importance of Passing an Examination; 2. The Plight of an Examination Candidate; 3. The Ups and Downs in Officialdom; 4.A Disaster Was Averted; A Birthday Celebration Followed; 5. All for Money and Money for All; 6. The Might of the Army; 7. The First Steps Towards Forging Foreign Relations; 8. Doing Business in a Brothel; 9. The Officials' Fear of Foreigners; 10. Dishonesty Is the Best Policy; 11.A Box of Refreshments for an Official Post; 12.A Military Expedition on Floating Brothels; 13.A Prostitute's Life for Fifty Dollars; 14.A Punitive Attack on the Innocent.
Note	Print version record.
Language	Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Subject	Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906 -- Translations into English.
	Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906. (OCoLC)fst00064451
	China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912 -- Fiction.
	Literature.
	Fiction.
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Chronological Term	1644-1912
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
Added Author	Yang, T. L., 1929-2023
Added Title	Guan chang xian xing ji. Selections. English
	Guan chang xian xing ji
	官場現形記
Other Form:	Print version: Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906. Guan chang xian xing ji. English. Selections. Officialdom unmasked. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2001 9789622095434 (DLC) 2002405933 (OCoLC)50851633
ISBN	9789882202320 (electronic bk.)
	9882202322 (electronic bk.)

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