01692cam a22003253u 4500 54756 UtSlPG 20260610134249.0 m cr n 260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906 官場現形記 Guanchang xianxing ji Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2017 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officialdom_Unmasked Release date is 2017-05-21 Produced by Vivian Chan "官場現形記" by Boyuan Li is a novel written from 1901 to 1906 during the late Qing dynasty. This satirical work exposes the corruption and disintegration of China's civil service bureaucracy through over 800 characters and numerous episodes. The sprawling narrative weaves together the decline of the state, the status of women, bureaucratic personalities, imperialism's role, and the commercialization of human relationships. Each episode reveals different aspects of officialdom's moral decay, creating what scholars call a powerful materialist critique of Chinese society and an inventive masterpiece of satirical writing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912 -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54756 95588 95588