Chang-Hai, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, 1894. Reprinted by Cheng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1971. 1 volume in 12, 278 pp., blue cloth hard cover, with various illustrations, a very good copy, as new.
A detailed description of the literary examination system as functioning in the Ch'ing dynasty. The author traces the exam preparations, administration, evaluation and publication, and the awarding of degrees for all three major degrees, the hsiu-ts'ai, chu-jen and chin-shih. He also delineates the rankings and attendant privileges within each degree.