《春秋公羊传·宣公元年》内云:“退而致仕”。何休注云:“致仕,还禄位于君。”可见,“致仕”即是退休。历朝历代的统治者,均把官吏致仕作为加强国家职能机器新陈代谢、提高其行政效率、巩固其统治的重要手段。因而,这种官吏致仕制度的出现,必然是在以选贤任能为标准的官吏任命制有了之后。这样,可以大体上说,这种制度的萌生是商周春秋时期。因为,这时奴隶制国家政体由形成、发展逐渐走向崩溃,与之相适应的以血缘分封为基础的世卿世禄 “Spring and Autumn rams propaganda first year” Inside the cloud: “retreat to reign.” Ho off Note cloud: “Retirement, but also located in the king.” Visible, “dedication” is the retirement. The rulers of all previous dynasties regarded official release of officials as an important means of strengthening the metabolism of the state machinery, improving their administrative efficiency and consolidating their rule. Therefore, the emergence of such a government official system, must be based on the election of officials as the standard appointment system there. In this way, in general, the initiation of this system is the Spring and Autumn Period of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Because, at this time, the formation and development of the regime of the slavery state gradually collapsed, and corresponding to the blood-based seal of the World Qing World Shilu