The title can be translated literally as Official circles: a revelation., or variously as "A Revelation of Official Circles", "The Bureaucrats: A Revelation", or "Observations on the Current State … See more

Jaroslav Průšek wrote that Li Baojia wrote Officialdom Unmasked because Li Baojia wanted to entice people into opposing a corrupt bureaucracy.
Li Baojia wrote the book from 1901 … See more

Holoch stated that the book has action episodes, where a goal is conceived and the protagonist or someone on his behalf begins an action to … See more

The novel has over 800 dramatis personæ. Within the action episodes, there are four types of protagonists present: civil officials/bureaucrats, people aspiring to become officials, people who are motivated by making money, and women. The bureaucrats … See more

Donald Holoch wrote in the essay "A Novel of Setting: The Bureaucrats", published in The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century, that Officialdom Unmasked is "A masterpiece of satirical writing so inexhaustibly inventive in terms of incident that it bears … See more

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