东汉时期的辟举以选拔中央和地方州郡各官府的属吏为目的。虽然各级辟主可以自行辟除属吏，但国家对辟举仍有较多的限制措施。中央和地方官府辟举的类别具有多样性，以此保证辟举有多方面的人才来源。在东汉的社会条件下，辟举起到的作用，不只是使辟主获得一些僚佐，而且，也为一些比较稳固的官僚集团的形成创造了条件。东汉中后期，由于国家政治统治趋于腐败，并且，地方大牲、冠族势力也日益发展，因此，国家对辟举的约束很难收到实效，辟举出现了很多弊端，日益混乱。这种情况已呈现无法扭转的趋势。 The Election in the Eastern Han Dynasty aimed at selecting the officials of the central and local prefectures and prefectures as ministers. Although the proletariat at all levels can dismiss officials as their own, the state still has more restrictive measures against it. The diversity of the categories dictated by the central and local authorities ensures that there are many sources of talent for the initiative. Under the social conditions of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the role of enlightenment was not only to get the proletarians some bureaucratic but also to create conditions for the formation of some relatively stable bureaucratic groups. In the late Han and Eastern Han dynasties, due to the tendency of the political rule in our country becoming corrupt, and the local sacrifices and crown forces also growing day by day, it is difficult for the state to exert any restraint on the enfeoffment. This situation has shown an irreversible trend.