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Meritocracy in Early Chinese Political Thought Fiction Samuel Alexander quickly built aThis Element explores a range of conceptions of politically relevant merit found in the philosophical texts of pre Qin China (before 221BCE). It demonstrates both that the role accorded to political merit was substantial and that the ideas of what constituted politically relevant merit were heavily contested. Through a focus on four texts, the Xunzi, the Mozi, the Laozi, and the Han Feizi, it sketches out a long standing debate over questions