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It’s always the 20s
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bet these guys focused their youth on the civil service entrance examination
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Exams were cancelled a few years before the end of the Qing, but usually late in each dynasty the meritocratic places are bought
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Possibly due to the changing sexual mores in China at the time (courtesans --> teahouse singers, family marriage --> love marriage, confucianism --> nothing)? Backlash of (ironically foreign educated?) conservative elements against overall social direction?
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Reminds me of Japan banning early Hollywood movies if they showed any kissing
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the reason for the opium dens is suddenly clear
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