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This book takes the historical changes of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System as the basic clue, and conducts a comprehensive and multi-faceted historical investigation of the historical origins, social background, institutional emergence, establishment, development and perfection, and the historical process from prosperity to decline of this system. It focuses on the development and evolution of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System in different historical periods and the characteristics of the times, and then reveals the operating rules and essential characteristics of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System as well as its status and role in the practice of official selection. This book re-examines previous research results, re-interprets some ambiguous historical facts, and provides an in-depth examination and theoretical explanation of the development and evolution of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.