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The Gentry of Northern Sichuan The Gentry of Northern Sichuan
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Fortune and a Sufi Shrine Fortune and a Sufi Shrine
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Constructing Fortune in the Early-to-Mid 1800s Constructing Fortune in the Early-to-Mid 1800s
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Yin-yang Officers Yin-yang Officers
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Fengshui Manuals and the Examinations Fengshui Manuals and the Examinations
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Litigating Time, Space, and Sound Litigating Time, Space, and Sound
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Ceasing Litigation Bridge Ceasing Litigation Bridge
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Landscapes of the Imperial Examinations Landscapes of the Imperial Examinations
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Abstract
This chapter evaluates the deployments of fengshui in gentry petitions concerning the civil examinations. The term “gentry” refers to local elites who held scholarly degrees by passing one or another of the state civil service examinations or by purchase. Although scholars in Northern Sichuan passed exams at fair rates in the early Qing dynasty, by the turn of the nineteenth century, the provincial capital at Chengdu had risen to provincial dominance while Nanbu and its surrounding counties produced few successes. With local success hard to find, magistrates actively tried to improve local fengshui by moving educational structures, building pagodas, protecting culturally sensitive landscapes, and hiring Yin-yang officers. Sichuan's scholars then recognized the power of leveraging fengshui in court petitions and often did so to exert their influence. Ultimately, fengshui's ties to the examination system were manifested through many local contentions over public space and even came to involve the area's Muslim community.
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