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100 1 _aLi, Boyuan,
_d1867-1906
245 1 0 _a官場現形記
246 1 _aGuanchang xianxing ji
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officialdom_Unmasked
500 _aRelease date is 2017-05-21
508 _aProduced by Vivian Chan
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChina -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912 -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54756
999 _c95588
_d95588