• [普林斯顿大学藏科举考试作弊小抄].
  • [Cheat sheet of Confucian text].

Created:
  • 1800-01-01T00:00:00Z/1905-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date:
  • 1800-1905
Collections:
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/j96024638
Title:
  • [普林斯顿大学藏科举考试作弊小抄].
  • [Cheat sheet of Confucian text].
Language:
  • Chinese
Call number:
  • NR Chinese 32774
Extent:
  • 1 satin sheet ; 15.5 x 74 cm
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Type:
  • Essays
Description:
  • Manuscript on silk cloth.
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Text of Confucian canon (in red ink) and essay responses (in black ink) handwritten in brush pen on one side of a satin sheet, folded into 8 sections. In minuscule font size. A single word "yi" (propriety) on the back side. Prepared for cheating in imperial civil service examinations. The sheet would have been well hidden on a person, or, more likely, sewn into clothing.
Publisher:
  • [China] : [manufacturer not identified], [not after 1905]
Subject:
  • Cheating (Education)—China
  • Civil service—China—Examinations
  • Essays
Range label:
  • Logical
Alternative:
  • Yi
  • 義
Location:
  • Special Collections NR Chinese 32774
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