Officialdom Unmasked

Author: Li Boyuan
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: One of the Four Great Criticizing Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty. This book is a novel dedicated to exposing the darkness of the officialdom. It provides a comprehensive analysis and insight from local to central levels, from the magistrates and in county offices to the military affairs councilors in the Imperial Military Council. It vividly depicts all levels of officials, not only writing about numerous corrupt officials with various moral failings, but also revealing the mechanisms of selling and buying official positions and seeking power through bribery in the late Qing officialdom.