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TitleThe Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China
政治漩渦中的教育: 北宋太學研究
Authors
KeywordsEducation, Higher -- China -- History -- To 1500
Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- China -- History -- To 1500
College graduates -- Employment -- China
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279
China -- Officials and employees -- History -- To 1500
Issue Date2020
PublisherHong Kong University Press
Citation
Chu, MK. The Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2020 How to Cite?
AbstractThe Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China uses the history of the Imperial University of the Northern Song to show the limits of the Song emperors’ powers. At the time, the university played an increasingly dominant role in selecting government officials. This role somehow curtailed the authority of the Song emperors, who did not possess absolute power and, more often than not, found their actions to be constrained by the institution. The nomination mechanism left room for political maneuvering and stakeholders—from emperors to scholar-officials—tried to influence the process. Hence, power struggles among successive emperors trying to assert their imperial authority ensued. Demands for greater autonomy by officials were, for example, unceasing. Chu Ming-kin shows that the road to autocracy was anything but linear. In fact, during the Northern Song dynasty, competition and compromises over diverse agendas constantly altered the political landscape.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/289239
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dc.contributor.authorChu, MK-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-22T08:09:50Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-22T08:09:50Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationChu, MK. The Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2020-
dc.identifier.isbn9789888528196-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/289239-
dc.description.abstractThe Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China uses the history of the Imperial University of the Northern Song to show the limits of the Song emperors’ powers. At the time, the university played an increasingly dominant role in selecting government officials. This role somehow curtailed the authority of the Song emperors, who did not possess absolute power and, more often than not, found their actions to be constrained by the institution. The nomination mechanism left room for political maneuvering and stakeholders—from emperors to scholar-officials—tried to influence the process. Hence, power struggles among successive emperors trying to assert their imperial authority ensued. Demands for greater autonomy by officials were, for example, unceasing. Chu Ming-kin shows that the road to autocracy was anything but linear. In fact, during the Northern Song dynasty, competition and compromises over diverse agendas constantly altered the political landscape.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherHong Kong University Press-
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- China -- History -- To 1500-
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- Political aspects -- China -- History -- To 1500-
dc.subjectCollege graduates -- Employment -- China-
dc.subjectChina -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279-
dc.subjectChina -- Officials and employees -- History -- To 1500-
dc.titleThe Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China-
dc.title政治漩渦中的教育: 北宋太學研究-
dc.typeBook-
dc.identifier.emailChu, MK: mk2chu@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChu, MK=rp02313-
dc.identifier.hkuros316127-
dc.identifier.spage1-
dc.identifier.epage264-
dc.publisher.placeHong Kong-

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