军衔是表明军人等级、地位的称号.最早的军衔出现于15世纪意大利雇佣军中.我国引进军衔制是在本世纪初.甲午战争中中国惨败,清政府开始下决心改革军制,完全仿效西方军事制度建立新军.1903年,清政府为统一兵制,编练全国军队,在北京成立“特设练兵处”.1905年,颁布《陆军军官军佐任职等级暨陆军人员补官体制摘要章程》,规定了军官授衔的标准、条件、程序和要求,开始仿效西方将、校、尉官,按三等九级制制定清军军衔等级:上等(相当于将官)第一级,正都统,职 Military rank is to indicate the rank of military personnel, the earliest rank in the 15th century Italian mercenaries .Introducing the rank system in our country at the beginning of this century .Chinese defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government began to resolve to reform the military system, completely follow the example of the West Military system to establish a new army.In 1903, the Qing government in order to unify the armed forces, the national army to train in Beijing to set up an “ad hoc military training office.” 1905, promulgated the “army officer rank and file military officer recruitment rank summary system” , Set forth the standards, conditions, procedures and requirements for the award of military rank and began to follow the example that the western military schools, , Post