Sale of Servants in the Qing Dynasty
摘要
The status of servants was the lowest in the whole society. For people of other social strata, if they were reduced to servants, it would surely be a serious incident affecting their descendants for them as individuals. For the imperial court, the system of servants was also an important policy. The system of servants already existed before the Qing army entered the Shanhaiguan Pass, and the members of the Eight Banners also kept servants.