本文在評介賴瑞和所著《唐代高層文官》。本書透過「使職」概念，提出唐代高層文官：以宰臣、詞臣、史官、財臣、牧守五類，為本著五類「使職」化高層文官。因此，本著並不繫以官品衡量是否為「高層文官」，而是與皇權關係親近與否來判定，以職、散、勳、爵之外「使職」為依據。說明「使職」與皇權之間「私」關係的連結，闡述「使職」高層文官之重要性。

This article is a review of Lai Ruihe's work, Tangdai Gaoceng wenguan. In this book, there are five types of senior civil servants，including prime minister, secretary, official historiographer, financial officer and regional supervisors, which are considered as the 'making professional' senior servants. Therefore, this work does not measure these servants by official ranks, but by their relations with the power of emperors, and the 'making professional' upon this. The focus of this book is the personal connection between 'making professional' and the power of emperors, elaborating the significance of making senior servants professional.