Study On The Secretary In The Reconnaissance System In Han Dynasty

In the process of collecting the bamboo slips of Qin and Han Dynasty,there are some records on the secretary.The secretary is regarded as Reconnaissance System who play a significant and prominent role.As the clerical officials,it has a lot of functions.With the increasing number of excavated materials,scholars are attaching more importance to the secretary.In view of this,this paper combines the traditionally historical literature with the excavated materials,and uses the double evidence method to make more detailed research on the setting,management,appointment,and promotion about the secretary.This article is mainly divided into five sections:The first part mainly discusses the setting of the secretary in the Reconnaissance System.By analyzing traditionally historical literature,excavated materials and other historical materials.The secretary in the Reconnaissance System is mainly composed of Ling Shi,Wei Shi,Hou Shi.The number of secretary has category varies.Ling Shi set three.Because of Wei Shi belong to the Hou guan and Sai Wei,setting the number of people ranging from two to four.Hou Shi is usually set up for one person,but there are also a few cases where two people are in the Houbu.The second part focuses on the responsibilities of secretary.The secretary is not only responsible for the paperwork of Reconnaissance System,but also needs to deal with specific affairs within hou guan.Ling Shi is responsible for purchasing article,on duty,and transferring of strikes.As the result of Wei Shi is the assistant to Ling Shi,who handle the transaction is similar.In addition,it is also responsible for cleaning up debts.Hou Shi is responsible for daily patrol.The third part describes the appointment and promotion of the secretary.This chapter demonstrates the appointment conditions,appointment procedures,promotion conditions,and promotion prospects of the secretary.Meanwhile,if the secretary failed to pass the examination who will be punished and dismissed.The fourth part mainly takes the economic life of the secretary as the starting point.According to the economic status and treatment of the secretary,analyzed their economic situation.In the fifth part,the secretary in the Reconnaissance System has formed its own characteristics compared to the secretary in the Mainland County.First of all,thesecretary in the Reconnaissance System functions focuses on the administration of documents related to military affairs,who has formed the characteristics of both civil and military.Secondly,they are have no strict separation of responsibilities.Thirdly,The path of the promotion is relatively single,mainly based on “achievement”.The promotion prospects are only rising from juniors to senior ones.