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The System of the Seal Paper & Merit Book of the Officials of the Song Dynasty

  • 중앙사론
  • 2013, (38), pp.187-206
  • Publisher : Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

丁建军 1 冯红 2

1중국 河北大学
2중국 石家庄学院

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ABSTRACT

The government of the Song Dynasty issued the Seal Paper to all levels of officials in order to record how they fulfilled their duties in power, their merits and defects, rewards and punishment, etc. The system of the Seal Paper & Merit Book, carried out widely for a long time, had become an essential system supervising the officials in the Song Dynasty. To the government, the Seal Paper & Merit Book of the officials was not only one of the important information channels with which the government would know the achievements of all levels of officials and the administrative situation of each area or branch, but also the important copies and archives with which the government assessed an official’s efforts, rewarded or punished, appointed or dismissed. To an official, it related to one’s promotion or demotion. Therefore, both the government and officials attached importance to the Seal Paper& Merit Book. The text mainly tells the types and issue of the Seal Paper of the officials of Song Dynasty, the contents of the Seal Paper& Merit Book, and its standardization, and what’s more, analyses the problem during the executive process of the system of the Seal Paper & Merit Book of the officials of the Song Dynasty.

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