Betting on the Civil Service Examinations : The Lottery in Late-Qing China

In Betting on the Civil Service Examinations, En Li places the history of Chinese weixing, or "surname guessing," for civil service examinations in a larger context. Li traces institutional revenue innovations surrounding lottery regulation and depicts an expansive community stretching among Guangdong, Southeast Asia, and North America.

• | : En Li
• | Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
• | Publication Date: Sep 29, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 386 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674293770
• | ISBN-13: 9780674293779