Shangshu Sheng
Imperial Chinese government department responsible for all bureaucratic functions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shangshu Sheng (尚書省), sometimes translated as the Department of State Affairs or the Imperial Secretariat, was one of the departments of the Three Departments and Six Ministries government structure. It was the primary executive institution of imperial China, head of the Six Ministries, the Nine Courts, and the Three Directorates (sometimes five). The Six Ministries consisted of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works.[1] The Department of State of Affairs existed in one form or another from the Han dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD) until the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), but was never re-established in the following Ming dynasty.
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Traditional Chinese | 尚書省 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 尚书省 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Secretary's department | ||||||||
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Vietnamese | Thượng thư tỉnh | ||||||||
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Hangul | 상서성 | ||||||||
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