Ministry of Personnel

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Ministry of Personnel
Chinese name
Chinese吏部
Literal meaningOfficials Department
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLìbù
Wade–GilesLi Pu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetLại Bộ / Bộ Lại
Hán-Nôm吏部 / 部吏
Korean name
Hangul이조
Hanja吏曹
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ ᡳ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
Möllendorffhafan i jurgan

The Ministry of Personnel was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China, Korea, and Vietnam.

Functions

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Under the Ming, the Ministry of Personnel was in charge of civil appointments, merit ratings, promotions, and demotions of officials, as well as granting of honorific titles.[1] Military appointments, promotions, and demotions fell under the purview of the Ministry of War.[1]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Hucker (1958), p. 32.

Sources

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  • Hucker, Charles O. (1958), "Governmental Organization of The Ming Dynasty", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 21: 1–66, doi:10.2307/2718619, JSTOR 2718619



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