Abstract
This article is a translation of Tongdian(『通典』) Xuanju(選擧) chapter1 by Duyou(杜佑, 735-812). The purpose of translating this article was to know the changes in the bureaucratic selection system in ancient China. Through this book, he developed a rare logic in Chinese pre-modern history that the economy is the basis of human life and that the present is more developed than in the past. He also argues that the system for selecting officials through this book has continued to develop through ancient China.
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