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

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

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