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This book is a monograph that studies the official selection system of the Tang Dynasty from the perspective of government operations. The related system of origin and selection of officials in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the system and mechanism issues surrounding the selection of officials and government affairs, are important issues in the study of the bureaucracy of the Tang Dynasty. The book starts from the basic process and main principles of the official selection and appointment system, and runs through the macro perspective of the transition from a clan society to a bureaucratic society and the separation of official positions and dispatches. It specifically analyzes each link of official selection and the specific form of the government documents produced, as well as the adjudication mechanism based on government documents, and puts forward the basic clues to the changes in the official selection system between the Tang and Song Dynasties.