官場現形記 by Boyuan Li

"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.)

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Author Li, Boyuan, 1867-1906
Title 官場現形記
Alternate Title Guanchang xianxing ji
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officialdom_Unmasked
Credits Produced by Vivian Chan
Language Chinese
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912 -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 54756
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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