The Cambridge History of China, Volume 3: Sui and T'ang China, 589 to 906, edited by Denis Twitchett and published by Cambridge University Press, is the standard scholarly survey of the period, tracing the Sui dynasty's reunification of China in 589 through its institutional reforms, including the classical civil examinations from which the Tang dynasty's mature examination system grew, to the Tang dynasty's own fall in 906.
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A volume of the Cambridge History of China, the standard scholarly reference series for Chinese history, edited by Denis Twitchett, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable academic reference histories, used here for the institutional context of the Sui dynasty's early classical examinations, corroborated by Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture's own record of the jinshi examination's founding. NotesStandard scholarly reference history of the Sui and Tang dynasties, 589 to 906, covering the Sui state's institutional reforms including the origins of the classical civil examinations that the Tang dynasty expanded into its mature system.
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AuthorDenis Twitchett (ed.)
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1979
Source Typeacademic reference
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