Secretariat-Chancellery

Summary

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中書門下省
Simplified Chinese中书门下省
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese两省
Literal meaningTwo Departments
Korean name
Hangul중서문하성
Hanja中書門下省

References edit

  • 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.