Download or read book Betting on the Civil Service Examinations written by En Li and published by Harvard East Asian Monographs. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Betting on the Civil Service Examinations, En Li places the history of Chinese weixing, or "surname guessing," for civil service examinations in a larger context. Li traces institutional revenue innovations surrounding lottery regulation and depicts an expansive community stretching among Guangdong, Southeast Asia, and North America.