Secretariat-Chancellery
Secretariat-Chancellery was a central government department in several dynasties in imperial China and Korea. It was created in the Tang dynasty by combining the Secretariat and the Chancellery. It was a particularly important office in late Tang, the Song dynasty, and Goryeo.
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Traditional Chinese | 中書門下省 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中书门下省 | ||||||||
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Chinese | 两省 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Two Departments | ||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||
Hangul | 중서문하성 | ||||||||
Hanja | 中書門下省 | ||||||||
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References
- Hucker, Charles O. (1985). A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 193.
- Duncan, John B. (1998). The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryŏ. Korean Studies. 12. pp. 39–61. JSTOR 23717729.
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