"Lifting people" is a process of development, in the Han Dynasty, there was no examination system, at that time, the people who were officials were recommended by the county sheriff and the state pastor, and the person who recommended it was called the lifting person. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the imperial examination was just developed, and at that time, the lifting of people was not a proper noun, but only a general term for people through "township tribute". By the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial examination system was maturing, and lifting people became a proper noun, and they had the qualifications to enter the dynasty as officials.
The imperial examination of the Ming and Qing dynasties was actually divided into four levels, the initial level was called "Tongsheng Examination", also known as "Tongsheng Examination", this examination is actually not a formal examination, it is an entrance examination. Candidates pass the three stages of county examination, prefectural examination and college examination, and can enter the county school, state school, and government school to study. Those who pass the exam are called students, which is commonly referred to as "show talent". After becoming a Xiucai, he could participate in the imperial examination held every three years by the imperial court. The imperial examination is divided into the township examination, the meeting examination, and the temple examination. Those who pass the township examination will be collectively called "lifting people", the first place is called "Xie Yuan", the one who passes the test is called "Gongsheng", the first place is called "Hui yuan", the one who passes the temple test is divided into three grades, the first one is called "Jinshi and the first", and only three are "Zhuangyuan", "Bangyan", and "Tanhua". The second is called "Shi JinShi Origin" and the third is called "Zhi Tong Jin Shi Birth". Collectively known as "Jinshi".
It can be seen from this that after passing the township examination, you have become a person, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, if you pass the examination, you will have the qualifications to be an official, and after passing the examination, you can directly go to the official department to report. Generally speaking, the official positions of people are the official positions of the Nine Pins, which belong to the lowest among the official positions, which is equivalent to the current section-level cadres. Generally, the official positions are teaching (director of the county education committee), county clerk (deputy county chief), chief bo (secretary general of the county party committee), and so on. But the status is much stronger than that of the officials. Although official is a word, official and official are different. In today's terms, officials belong to state civil servants, while officials belong to government purchases, and government organs and units recruit them independently. Therefore, in the "History of Ru Lin", Fan Jinzhong lifted it, and he would be happy and almost crazy. Hai Rui was also born as a scholar, serving as a teacher in Nanping County, Yanping Province, Fujian Province, and then step by step achieved the Right Capital Imperial History of Nanjing (正二品)
Although it is said that a person has the qualification to become an official, but just the qualification does not mean that you can become an official. In the imperial examination, only the three first-class students can go to the Hanlin Academy to be officials, the title is compiled by the Hanlin Academy, and the list eye and tanhua are edited by the Hanlin Academy. Others need to go to the Hanlin Academy to continue the examination, those who are good at literature and calligraphy can be selected as "Shu Jishi", and other qualified people are divided into six departments, giving shizhong, Zhixian and so on. However, the number of officials in the Empire is also very large, although you can hold these official positions, but in the end, to really become a candidate, a candidate, an alternate, if there is no vacancy, it is difficult to make up, so there are many jinshi who have not been officials in their lives. The jinshi is still like this, and you can imagine the cruelty of the person. Therefore, in ancient times, most people would still choose to continue to pass the entrance examination after the middle lift.