DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2016.v04i03.016

Pages: 295-301

This article set out to analyze the characters of private secretary in Qing dynasty, Shiye. Through analyzing the characteristics of Shiye, this research compared the characteristics of Shiye and modern secretary institution in order to get the effective suggestions for modern China secretary institution. Results showed that Shiye’s most distinctive characteristics were that they were not the officials and that they provided the efficient and professional advices to the officials who employed them. The modern governmental secretary institution in China is featured with that the secretary is the official and would be promoted easily. The Shiye’s characteristics provided some positive and meaningful inspirations for modern secretary institution reformation.