Sòngcháo zhòngwén-qīngwǔ, lián dàibīng dǎzhàng de yě chángcháng shì wénguān.
The Song valued the civil over the military, so even its army commanders were often civil officials.
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Paired with 武官, military official. At court audiences the civil officials stood on the east side and the military on the west. Today 文官 also translates 'civil servant', as in 文官制度, a civil service system.
