Ministry of Personnel
| Ministry of Personnel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese name | |||
| Chinese | 吏部 | ||
| Literal meaning | Officials Department | ||
| |||
| 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.
Functions[]
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[]
- Imperial examination
- Scholar-bureaucrat or mandarin
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hucker (1958), p. 32.
Sources[]
- Hucker, Charles O. (1958), "Governmental Organization of The Ming Dynasty", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 21: 1–66, doi:10.2307/2718619
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