William Woodville Rockhill, the American minister to China, dispatched this report on 19 September 1905 to the United States Secretary of State, quoting and summarizing the Qing imperial decree of 2 September 1905 that abolished the centuries old civil service examination system beginning with the following cycle, and naming the six signatory officials, including the viceroy Yuan Shikai, whose memorial had urged the change. It is published in the State Department's own Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States series.
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The United States State Department's own official historical documentary series, tier 1, a contemporaneous diplomatic dispatch quoting the Qing decree itself, used here for the decree's precise date and the six signatory officials' own stated reasoning, corroborated by the independent peer reviewed academic account below. NotesUsed for the exact 2 September 1905 decree date, its effective date the following cycle, and the six signatory officials including Yuan Shikai.
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PublisherOffice of the Historian, United States Department of State
URLhttps://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1905/d212
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