Abstract: The emergence of the concept of “clean official” was to sum up the assessment to some ideal bureaucrats opposite to “corrupt official” in the ancient Chinese politics. About one hundred years in the 18th century, that is the so-called “Kang-Qian Grand Era”, the situation changed. Clean officials could hardly make, nor be able to make, however, many of them were not trustworthy in term of virtues. The article is trying to make a profound analysis to the affaire mentioned political phenomenon based on the another consideration of the traditional way of official-appointing by Emperor Yongzheng.

摘要： “清官”这一概念的提出，在中国古代政治中本来是作为一种与“贪”相对立的价值取向来概括对某些理想官吏的评价。大致18世纪的一百年间，也就是为史家艳称的“康乾盛世”，情况有了变化。官场中清官无法为，也不能为，处境空前尴尬；务实的能吏则大行其道，而能吏中多有操守不可深信之辈。本文以雍正对传统用人之道的另一种思考为切入点，试图对上述政治现象作一比较深入的剖析。