Become a member and save up to 33% on the price of your tickets! Join today If you are already a member, log in to access your member price. A Journey through Ancient China The Chinese Civil Service Exams Evening Course Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET Code: 1J0358C Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Tickets Login $25 Member 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $30 Non-Member Add to cart *Log in to add this program to your wishlist Reserving your tickets... Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 4 Program Series: A Journey through Ancient China Find series tickets Resize text Palace Examination at Kaifeng, Song Dynasty, China China has more than three thousand years of recorded history, but misconceptions abound at every stage. Historian Justin Jacobs takes you on a thematic tour of four important topics in ancient Chinese history: relations with nomads, sacred mountains, the civil service exams, and the maritime voyages of Zheng He. Each lecture includes a rich, nuanced overview based on the latest scholarship and illustrated with copious slides. Justin M. Jacobs, professor of Chinese history at American University, is the author of several books, including the forthcoming Plunder? How Museums Got Their Treasures. Session Information The Chinese Civil Service Exams Developed during the Tang dynasty (618-907) and institutionalized during the Song dynasty (960-1279), the Chinese civil service examinations constitute the world’s first standardized exams—and the first attempt anywhere to implement a large-scale recruitment process based solely on merit. Jacobs examines how this ambitious recruitment system worked, the career paths of those who passed it and those who didn’t but found ways around it, the content of the exams, and alternative paths to recruitment that persisted until the end of the imperial era. Additional Sessions of Ancient China Series May 1: China and the Nomads May 8: Sacred Mountains of China May 22: The Maritime Voyages of Zheng He General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
