著者

小島 浩之 Hiroyuki Kojima

出版者

学習院大学東洋文化研究所

雑誌

東洋文化研究 = Journal of Asian cultures (ISSN:13449850)

巻号頁・発行日

no.10, pp.203-228, 2008-03-31

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This article mainly analyzes the formation process of the career path of elite bureaucrats in Tang Dynasty。 Moreover, from the viewpoint of the history of personnel policies, the Wu Zhou(武周)era in Tang Dynasty is discussed. In 698, an edict was issued, stating that the appointment of lower bureaucrats had to be based on their qualifications, when they entered officialdom. As a result, for the imperial examination, the career of successful candidates was distinguished from that of the lower classes. After three years, the Wu Zhou(武周)government determined that some posts in the bureaucratic system were to be able to be promoted to dignity early for the lower bureaucrat. This government decisionknown as Ge Pin Gui Ding(隔品規定)-constituted the support plans for candidates who were successful in the imperial examination. These successful candidates had a lower position in officialdom, and without the new policy, it was impossible for them to acquire a dignified position. Thus, the career paths of the elite bureaucrats in the Tang Dynasty were influenced by these personnel policies in the Wu Zhou (武周)era. A representative example of such career paths is the progression to Prime Minister by passing a selective examination eligible to candidates holding certain posts presented by the Ge Pin Gui Ding(隔品規定)policy. Such persona1 policies introduced by Empress Wu revealed one aspect of the security granted to successful candidates in the imperial examination.