The Study In Regard To The Stratum Of The Petty Officials That Between The Enarchists And Civilians In The Northern Song Dynasty

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the petty officials than more clear positioning in the Tang Dynasty, has formed a "enarchist and the petty officials" has a strict distinction between two large groups. They all over the central and local organizations at all levels, primarily engaged in the paperwork and other transactional and technical work, is the direct undertaker of specific business, has become a government official and an important component of the operating mechanism. The petty officials, however, in the Northern Song Dynasty is regarded as more vile cunning man, in a "by officer on the discrimination, for civilians hating" position, the identity, grade, promotion, income, clothing and so on compared with the imperial examination of enarchist, are worlds apart. From Chen Shu, Sang Yi, Li Pu examples can be seen, the petty officials of the road to official career star-crossed, limit. Most significant impact on the delineation of the imperial civil service examination system, especially the Emperor Song taizong in the second year of Duan Gong to enact imperial edicts banning the petty officials to participate in the imperial examinations, but also deepen the identity of the gap between the petty officials and the enarchist, the position of the petty officials is becoming more and more low. The imperial examination system, in turn, has propelled the unprecedented development of the petty officials class, because the imperial enarchist of the administrative ability is insufficient, in the government affair activities of the petty officials has rely on’more, thus causing the expansion of the scale of the petty officials and actual authority strengthened. However, these are not upgrade the social status of the petty officials, makes them "playing politics and cunning" image more prominent, their identity, status, fame is declining. Between the petty officials and enarchist of clothing, it is the external representation of identity difference. The ancients say," Nothing than the clothing can show people the status of the society", garment according to the grades can dress garment with the green, scarlet,violet; the petty officials’clothes is white or black, as well as civilians.