Handbooks and Anthologies for Officials in Imperial China (2 vols)

The 1,165 entries of Handbooks and Anthologies for Officials in Imperial China by Pierre-Etienne Will and collaborators provide a descriptive list of extant manuscript and printed works-mainly from the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties-created with the aim to instruct officials and other administrators of imperial China about the technical and ethical aspects of government, and to provide tools and g...