Series of Special Topic Histories of Chinese Culture -- History of Chinese Official System

Author: Wei Qingyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book comprehensively and systematically analyzes and introduces the emergence, development, and evolution of China's national administrative official system over four thousand years from a macro, dynamic, and grand historical perspective. It compiles the author's decades of research insights in political institutional history, making it a seminal work on the history of the official system. Chapters such as the Introduction, Monarchy and Imperial Power, Central Institutions, Local Administration, Xushi and Mucial are particularly outstanding. The book is written in fluent and accessible language, serving as an academic introduction to specialized history with rich knowledge and high scholarly value. It narrates the development and changes of various important institutional systems in China from ancient times to 1949, while also examining individual institutions that were inevitably subordinate to and constrained by the state system and political system of each era. Based on the fundamental principles and connotations of political institutions, it organizes and summarizes the process of the formation and development of China's political institutions, aiming to grasp both the "origins" and "outcomes" of political institutions, providing a solid foundation for new arguments. While elaborating on general patterns, the book focuses on their uniqueness; while describing institutions, it emphasizes analyzing their advantages, disadvantages, and characteristics, conducting dynamic research to expand and enrich the content of political institutional history. The book is well-researched, rich in materials, and vivid in language, making it a widely applicable textbook with high academic value.