The Ministry or Board of Justice was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China.
| Ministry of Justice | |||||||||
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| (Pre-Sui) | |||||||||
| Chinese | 都官 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Capital officials | ||||||||
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| (Sui–Qing) | |||||||||
| Chinese | 刑部 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Punishment(s) Department | ||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||
| Manchu script | ᠪᡝᡳᡩᡝᡵᡝ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ | ||||||||
| Möllendorff | beidere jurgan | ||||||||
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
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.