中国的官员 ,曾经叫“牧”。天下分为九州 ,九州之长就是“九牧”。到了后世 ,州官也沿称州牧 ,如刘备就做过豫州牧。“牧”从造字来看 ,是拿着一根鞭子赶牛。老百姓就像一群牛 ,当官的就是赶牛的人。这很表现了奴隶社会以及封建社会的官民关系。所以我们历来只听见当官的要老 Chinese officials, once called “animal husbandry.” The world is divided into Kyushu, Kyushu’s length is “nine animal husbandry.” To the later generations, state officials along the state also said, such as animal husbandry, Liu Bei made Yuzhou. From “animal husbandry”, a whip was used to drive cattle. People like a herd of cattle, the official is cattle who drive. This shows the officialdom of the slave society and the feudal society. Therefore, we have always heard the old officials