3. Responsible for revising the Imperial Court's calendar and book collections, managing the library and academy.
4. Urging scholars to compile textbooks and examination papers for the civil service exams.
Overall, the Hanlin Academy compilers played an important role within the official cultural and knowledge system, and were among the core personalities in the culture and politics of the Imperial Court, which is why they were exclusively selected from the top candidates of each Imperial examination.
In comparison, the positions granted to the second and third place winners of the examination, "Associate Compiler" and "Editor", were a rank lower than that of the Compiler, and the duties involved were much simpler.