Ministry of Personnel

Imperial Chinese government ministry

Ministry of Personnel

Chinese name
Chinese| 吏部
Literal meaning| Officials Department
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Lìbù
Wade–Giles| Li Pu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet| Lại Bộ / Bộ Lại
Hán-Nôm| 吏部 / 部吏
Korean name
Hangul| 이조
Hanja| 吏曹
Manchu name
Manchu script| ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ ᡳ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
Möllendorff| hafan 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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* Imperial examination
* Scholar-bureaucrat or mandarin
* Examination Yuan

## 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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Three Departments and Six Ministries

Three Departments|

* Shangshu Sheng
* Zhongshu Sheng
* Menxia Sheng
* (Secretariat-Chancellery)

Six Ministries|

1. Ministry of Personnel
2. Ministry of Revenue
3. Ministry of Rites
4. Ministry of War
5. Ministry of Justice
6. Ministry of Works

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* Grand Chancellor
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* Scholar-official

Institutions|

* Nine-rank system
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* Three Ducal Ministers
* Nine Ministers
* Translated titles

Middle Imperial|

* Jiedushi
* Jimi system
* Bureau of Military Affairs
* Shumishi

| Three Departments|

* Shangshu Sheng
* Zhongshu Sheng
* Menxia Sheng
* (Secretariat-Chancellery)

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Six Ministries|

1. Ministry of Personnel
2. Ministry of Revenue
3. Ministry of Rites
4. Ministry of War
5. Ministry of Justice
6. Ministry of Works

Late Imperial|

* Three Bureaus
* Remonstrance Bureau
* Imperial Commissioner
* Grand Secretariat
* Imperial Clan Court
* Grand coordinator and provincial governor
* Viceroys in China
* Mandarin square

| Qing|

* Deliberative Council of Princes and Ministers
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* Lifan Yuan
* Nine Gates Infantry Commander
* Ranks
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* Zongli Yamen

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Imperial guards|

* Tang Imperial Guards
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Separation of powers

Typical branches|

* Executive
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* Judiciary

Additional branches|

* Fourth Estate
* Civil service commission
* Auditory
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By country|

* Australia
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* Singapore
* United Kingdom
* United States

See also|

* Dual mandate
* Fusion of powers
* Judicial independence
* Judicial review
* Parliamentary sovereignty
* Separation of duties
* Unified power

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* VIAF

National|

* United States
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Other|

* Yale LUX

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