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.

Secretariat-Chancellery
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngshū Ménxià Shěng
Wade–GilesChung1-shu1 Men2-hsia4 Sheng3
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese
Literal meaningTwo Departments
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiǎng Shěng
Korean name
Hangul중서문하성
Hanja
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationJungseo Munha Seong
McCune–ReischauerChungsŏ Munha Sŏng

References

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  • 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: 39–61. doi:10.1353/ks.1988.0003. JSTOR 23717729. S2CID 154332960.