Abstract: Personnel issues were one of the two main practical problems which confronted the Xinzheng reforms of the late Qing. In fact, the majority of new officials had not received the new training. Clerks in local administration who abused their power to seek remuneration were called“rascals”and the overstaffing of government administration continued. The article focuses on two key events that occurred in 1910. The first was a feud between the lower -level personnel of the new Board of Civil Affairs and the president of the Board. The second event was the internal examination undertaken by the same board in 1910. Both events illustrate the permanence of high levels of competition for official positions in the newly reformed central bureaucracy, and demonstrate the attractiveness of the bureaucratic career as a way to achieve prestige and influence remained unchanged by the reforms.

摘要： 人员问题是清末新政改革所面临的两大问题之一。新的中央体制运行所依赖的大部分官僚没有跟上新的培训、被称为"流氓"的"书吏"们滥用权力以寻租补偿且人浮于事。1910年发生在民政部低层人员之间的交恶以及民政部在全国范围的内部考试这两个事件说明了官职竞争及层级提升的异常激烈,谋求权位的仕途吸引力并未随实施新政而发生变化。