| Abstract |
This article mainly discusses the recruitment of the Palace Attendants (宮中承應人) in the Chin Dynasty. The Palace Attendants, who serviced the royals in the palace, were the low ranking government staffs and also the important source of the high ranking officials in the Chin dynasty, and had the complex organization structure but the simple ranking sequence. During the reign of Shihtsung (世宗) and Chang-tsung, the recruitment regulations for the high level Palace Attendants were legislated. There were three main standards for the candidates’ election in these regulations: the political qualification, the personal ability, and the family background. According to the biographies of the Chin officials who had been appointed as the Palace Attendant, the political identity of the candidates for the Palace Attendants had four categories: the man without political experience, the Palace Attendant, the central government clerk, and the official. |
