Public office purchase - kanshoku baibai

Japanese: 官職売買 - かんしょくばいばい
Public office purchase - kanshoku baibai

…the practice and system of transferring titles and official positions in exchange for money. It is generally called the sale and purchase of official positions.
[China]
In China, the name has changed over time - Shisen, Shinno, Ennou - but the system of awarding titles and official positions in return for rice or monetary tributes dates back to the Qin and Han dynasties.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "public office purchases and sales" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…爵位,官職を金銭とひきかえに譲渡する慣行,制度をいう。一般には官職売買ともいわれる。
[中国]
 中国の場合,時代により貲選(しせん),進納,捐納(えんのう)など呼称は変わるが,米穀または金銭上納の代償として爵位,官職を与える制度は秦・漢にさかのぼる。…

※「官職売買」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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