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This book collects the works of the famous historian Yang Junru on the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, and includes 4 appendices. Among them, "Nine Ranks of Zhongzheng and the Families of the Six Dynasties" makes a preliminary exploration of the reasons, contents, pros and cons of the emergence of the Nine Ranks of Zhongzheng system and its relationship with the clan system. It is the pioneer work of modern Chinese scholars studying the Nine Ranks of Zhongzheng system. In the first half of the 20th century, as Western learning spread eastward, Chinese scholars' understanding of the Tu people in the Six Dynasties began to go beyond the Qing's superficial summary of "the Jiangzuo gentry had no meritorious officials" and began to sort out relevant historical materials from aspects such as institutions and marriages. The appendix contains the chronology of Yang Junru's deeds by the late Confucian classics master He Guangfeng, which can give readers a clearer understanding of Mr. Yang Junru.