If you liked The thorny gates of learning in Sung China by John W. Chaffee, start with Emperor Huizong and late Northern Song China (2006), Education and examinations in Sung society (960-1279) (1979), and Branches of Heaven (1999). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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The thorny gates of learning in Sung China is by John W. Chaffee.