Imperial Chinese government department responsible for all bureaucratic functions
Shangshu Sheng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
尚書省
Simplified Chinese
尚书省
Literal meaning
Secretary's department
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Shàngshū Shěng
Wade–Giles
Shang4-shu1 Sheng3
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese
Thượng thư tỉnh
Korean name
Hangul
상서성
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization
Sangseo Seong
McCune–Reischauer
Sangsŏ Seong
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.
^An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture, by Qizhi Zhang, p157
The ShangshuSheng (尚書省), sometimes translated as the Department of State Affairs or the Imperial Secretariat, was one of the departments of the Three...
and a Director (zhongshu ling 中書令). Although lower in rank than the ShangshuSheng (Department of State Affairs), the personnel of the Central Secretariat...
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State Affairs (ShangshuSheng), which had equal status with the administrative department known as the Central Secretariat (Zhongshu Sheng). After the conquest...
removed the household revenue section from the Imperial Secretariat (shangshusheng) and split it into the three bureaus, collectively led by a state finance...
government institution called the Department of State Affairs (尚書省; ShangshuSheng) that mainly dealt with finance was established (such as during the...
the judgments made by the executive bureau of the government (尚書省, ShangshuSheng), putting a layer of appeal between the executive bureau and the emperor...
secretaries general (尚書左丞, Shangshu Zuocheng, or 尚書右丞, Shangshu Youcheng) of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, ShangshuSheng). In 842, he was made...
executive bureau had these changes in name: ShangshuSheng (尚書省) (618–662) Zhong Tai (中臺) (662–670) ShangshuSheng (670–684) Wenchang Tai (文昌臺) (684) Wenchang...
Prince of Qin, also making him Shangshu Ling (尚書令), the head of the executive bureau of the government (尚書省; ShàngshūShěng) and a post considered one for...
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circulation, in particular in Ouyang Gao's [zh] study, called the Ouyang Shangshu (歐陽尚書). This was the basis of studies by Ma Rong and Zheng Xuan during...
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(左僕射), one of the heads of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, ShangshuSheng) and chancellor de facto (同中書門下平章事, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi)...
the head of the important executive bureau of the government (尚書省, ShangshuSheng). It was said that at this time that the Fang and Du became known as...
as You Pushe (右僕射), one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, ShangshuSheng). In 879, by which time the agrarian rebel Huang Chao was hovering near...
as a secretary general of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, ShangshuSheng). He was said to be well-studied in laws and capable in his duties....
serving as one of the Puye (僕射, the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, ShangshuSheng), which the ministry of civil service belonged to). At that time, Zhang's...
making them Chengxiang (丞相) -- the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, ShangshuSheng) instead. Niu was made chancellor to replace them, serving with Li Linfu...
(右僕射), one of the heads of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, ShangshuSheng). He was also given the designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi...
review them as secretary of the province. His work was comparable to a ShangshuSheng. Again, he had a remarkable talent for selecting and promoting candidates...
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