元朝在中国的统治,是少数蒙古贵族对众多的汉族及其他民族进行的残酷统治。元朝最高统治者,把社会上的人分成蒙古人、色目人(西域的少数民族)、汉人(黄河两岸的人)、南人(长江流域的汉族及少数民族)四等。从中央到地方各级政权,几乎都用蒙古人当第一把手,其次是色目人。汉人、南人无论文化多高,能力多大,只能处于最下层。元代各部大臣,多由吏(小官)进,并不由科举选拔,而省一级的 The rule of the Yuan Dynasty in China was the cruel rule of a handful of Han and other ethnic groups by a few Mongol aristocrats. The supreme rulers of the Yuan Dynasty divided the people in the society into Mongols, Sejongs (ethnic minorities in the Western Regions), Han Chinese (people on both sides of the Yellow River), Nan people (Han and ethnic minorities in the Yangtze River Valley), and so forth. From the central government to local governments at all levels, almost all use the Mongols as the number one hand, followed by the color heads. Han, South no matter how high culture, how much capacity, only at the bottom. Ministers of the Yuan Dynasty, many officials (small officials) into, not by the imperial examinations, and the provincial level