Abstract
Being a conquest dynasty, the Jurchen Chin (1115-1234) adopted many Chinese institutions to rule both the Chinese and the Jurchen. Among the policies employed to stabilize the regime, political recruitment was remarkable in its flexibility as compared with the more rigid policy of the Ch'i-tan Liao (907-1125). It was so designed that talented Chinese and Jurchen personnel were channeled into the bureaucracy, without jeopardizing the predominant position of the Jurchen minority. Practices of recruitment included civil service examinations, the yin privilege, hereditary selection, and transfer from the military to the civil service. This essay probes into these practices and the dualistic character of Chin political recruitment.
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