Ministry of Justice (imperial China)

Ministry of Justice
(Pre-Sui)
Chinese都官
Literal meaningCapital officials
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDūguān
Wade–GilesTu-kuan
(Sui–Qing)
Chinese刑部
Literal meaningPunishment(s) Department
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXíng Bù
Wade–GilesHsing Pu
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠪᡝᡳᡩᡝᡵᡝ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
Möllendorffbeidere jurgan

The Ministry or Board of Justice was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China.

Functions

Under the Ming, the Ministry of Justice had charge of most judicial and penal processes, but had no authority over the Censorate or the Grand Court of Revision.[1]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ 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, JSTOR 2718619.
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