Tángdài kǎozhòng jìnshì de rén, hái yào tōngguò Lìbù de kǎoshì cái néng zuòguān.
In the Tang, men who had passed the jinshi examination still had to pass the Ministry of Personnel's test before they could take office.
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history
Because it decided every civil official's career, it ranked first of the 六部, and its head was nicknamed 天官, the Heavenly Official. A post could become a name: 韩愈, once a vice-minister here, is called 韩吏部, just as 杜甫 is 杜工部.
memory
吏 'official' is 史 'history, scribe' with one more stroke on top.
