> Perhaps the most memorable fact for me from this book is that because of the overperformance of candidates from Fujian, the authorities imposed a ceiling on the number of officials from this province.
This also happened in the Ming dynasty. There is a conceptually similar system in place today for Chinese college admissions. (If anyone would like me to explain what I've learned about the Chinese admissions system, I'm happy to do so.) I'm not aware of a regional quota (today) for government officials, but there is no reason I would be; I've never made any effort to learn about one.
> Perhaps the most memorable fact for me from this book is that because of the overperformance of candidates from Fujian, the authorities imposed a ceiling on the number of officials from this province.
This also happened in the Ming dynasty. There is a conceptually similar system in place today for Chinese college admissions. (If anyone would like me to explain what I've learned about the Chinese admissions system, I'm happy to do so.) I'm not aware of a regional quota (today) for government officials, but there is no reason I would be; I've never made any effort to learn about one.