The Promotion System of Officials in the Early Han Dynasty as seen in Gonglingof Bamboo Scripts of Han Dynasty from Zhangjiashan
An integrated and logical bureaucrats promotion system was recorded in chapter Gongling of bam-boo scripts of Han dynasty from Zhangjiashan,which was composed by four independent promotion se-quences,and a dual-track principle of categorization and hierarchy was demonstrated in the system.A new case was found in the re-study with this aspect,that the appointment from Chengxiang and Yushi was still essential in the process of promotion of lower rank officials bellow 200 Shi like Shuweizuo and Zushi in Shi sequences of Han dynasty.In this case,the significance of categorization could be demon-strated in the study of bureaucrat system.The backwards inference of bureaucrats promotion system of Qin dynasty could be feasible,due to the inherition of the system between Qin and Han dynasties,while the inference of the system of late stage of Han dynasty could not be untenable,because of the huge transmutation of the system in this period.
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