Shang dynasty official title

The Western Zhou Dynasty basically followed the commercial system. The official title mechanism has increased a lot, and its etiquette is more exquisite and strict than before.

According to Zhou Li, there are six officials: Heaven, Earth, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. This is represented by the six-pointed star symbol, which is rational. Every official has several subordinates, and each subordinate is centered on the leading official.

The originally backward Zhou tribes finally made a fortune and were able to seize the Shang Dynasty because they inherited their former Wang Jichang. The foundation of this inheritance is that King Wen is proficient in divination and divination. Drinking water does not forget to dig wells, nor does it forget the tools for digging wells. Because the Zhou dynasty knew the importance of divination culture to national affairs. Therefore, a special institution is set up to be responsible for divination of state affairs. Its mechanism is clearly recorded in Li Zhouguan.

If we distinguish from a wider range, we will take three parts as a whole: Tai Po, Dazhu and Dashi. Plus the later Duzong and Jiazong. It is consistent with the "Zhu, Zong, Bu and Shi" mentioned in Zuo Zhuan.

There are 48 people with professional titles and titles, and subordinates 139 people. Such a huge national office mechanism organization can reveal the royal family's prudence in divination.

What functions do they perform? Let's analyze them one by one.

Dabu, get a doctorate and buy two people. Besides performing the same duties as a fortune teller, he is also a musician. Because Zhou people know that God can make it happen by hiding the opportunity of heaven and earth; Music can pass through subtle qi, which is wonderful. Dabu is different from the diviner in rank, and his doctors are among the best in charge of divination affairs in the country. Take charge of the philosophers and preside over the overall work.

A soothsayer, a staff sergeant. Four people are responsible for the actual operation of divination.

A fortune teller is an official who belongs to the ranks of tortoise diviners. The official ranks are divided into sergeant and corporal. Manage subordinates to do a series of backup work for divination. For example, raising tortoise shells and ox bones and archiving the data and information of each divination.

Turtle, sergeant rank, two people. Responsible for the management of subordinates, and make good preparations for specific affairs before divination. Such as inventory, sorting, washing, drilling marks, etc. Turtle bone material. And record each situation and data in detail.

Yan, also known as Yan, is a corporal. It is located between the soothsayers, the military and the soothsayers, and there are not many subordinates. Responsible for the transmission of information, in today's words, its subordinates are full-time messenger, mainly responsible for liaison affairs.

Occupy people, rank corporal, and eight people are in charge of divination. Its subordinate 1 1 is responsible for filing the recorded information and related chores.

Sergeant's official rank, deputy, is in charge of all affairs in the profession. There are eleven staff members under the staff, who are responsible for raising and managing grass, and recording and archiving relevant materials for future reference and summary.

Zhan Meng, the rank of sergeant, is a dream of class affairs. It belongs to six people and is responsible for keeping information and related chores.

Also known as sight, it is the rank of sergeant. This is astrology, used in astronomy. Used in the environment, it is feng shui; It is the face that is used to see popularity. This is a vivid metaphor. In short, the official in this position at that time belonged to Wang Qi. In other words, by observing the qi of the five elements, we can judge the good or bad luck. Later, those types that passed the inspection of Qi were all derived from the ranks of sights.

The official with ten titles above is the chief official in charge of the national divination mechanism in the western circulation. They have their own duties and responsibilities. In today's words, the metaphor is the National Academy of Social Sciences. Dabu, who was awarded the doctorate, is the president and vice president, and other officials are academicians. The subordinates are officials of the Academy of Sciences. Forty-eight people who enjoy knighthood do their own thing. So who are these 139 subordinates? That is, those officers whose titles are politics, history, engineering, specialty and apprentice, what jobs they do, let's analyze them one by one.

A house, literally a house, can be understood as a warehouse. Well, it's not hard to imagine this job. Is responsible for warehouse storage on-the-job personnel. In terms of the number of people, it is very few, only one person, at most two people. In this way, this class is the database administrator.

History, responsible for recording and archiving. That is to say, it directly processes the records in the database and arranges the classic staff.

Workers and turtles have it, but nothing else. The meaning of the work is not difficult to understand, and so is the work. Because before divination, there are a series of things to do, such as cleaning the tortoise shell and ox bones.

Xu, an ancient word, is a member of this post, which is not found in other industries. Why is it so long? One of the ten disciples is in charge. In today's words, it is the so-called leadership of ten staff members.

Acts, as the name implies, are responsible for chores and specific errands.

Above it, it is the organizational mechanism of divination in Zhou Dynasty. They have their own duties and responsibilities. With such a huge institution, we can get a glimpse of how macro the divination norms of the Zhou Dynasty were and how high they paid attention to them. Among them, officials who enjoy the title have high talent and wisdom. Can be said to be a high IQ person with a bachelor's degree and a doctor's degree. At that time, these people's social status and fame were quite high. Everyone admires and respects them, because they can reach the spirit of the sky, the earth and everything. Make society, country and people harmonious and peaceful.