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Volume 56 Treatises 37: Official Posts 2 - Palace Inspector General, Court of Palace Attendants, Director of the Palace Library, Imperial Academy, Imperial Treasury, Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers, Directorate for Arms, Waterway Inspector, Remonstrance Bureau, Court of Judicial Review, Academy for the Advancement of Literature, Admonishment Drum Court, Admonishment Inspection Court, Notes and Annotation Court, Academy of Scholarly Worthies, Benefits Administration Court, Command of the Military Guard for the Capital, Office for Commandant of Guards, Offices for the Punishment of Ceremonial Guards, Offices for Three Circuits Inspection and Outer Storehouses for Horses

Chapter 56 of 金史 · History of Jin
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Directorate of Palace Front Inspection.
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The Director-in-Chief of Palace Front Inspection held the third positive rank. He also held the concurrent post of Commander-in-Chief of the Personal Guard Generals. His duties covered the emperor's escort and palace guard, gate security, supervision of guard formations and equipment, and overall management of the directorate's affairs. The Left Deputy Director-in-Chief of Palace Front Inspection held the third secondary rank. He also held the concurrent post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Personal Guard Generals. The Right Deputy Director-in-Chief of Palace Front Inspection held the third secondary rank. He also held the concurrent post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Personal Guard Generals. He was responsible for the inner palace quarters and the emperor's escort. The directorate's Adjudicator held the sixth secondary rank. The post was created in the twelfth year of the Dading reign. There was one Officer of Affairs at the seventh secondary rank.
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These offices comprised the Generals and Deputy Generals of the Left and Right Palace Front Guards. They controlled inner-palace security, escort guard, and vigilance, and still commanded all protective escort. The right guard had the same duties.
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Four Talisman and Treasure Attendants managed the imperial seals and gold and silver plaques. Formerly styled Name-Plaque and Seal Attendants, in the second year of Dading they were renamed Talisman and Treasure Attendants, and the Plaque and Seal Clerk became Talisman and Treasure Archivist—four posts in all.
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The Left and Right On-Duty Generals held the fifth secondary rank. They commanded the personal guard armies overall. They also oversaw security at every gate of the palace city. Together with escort and palace guard duties—eight posts. In the twenty-ninth year of Dading the number was set at ten, then later restored to eleven.
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The Left and Right Custodians of Order held the seventh positive rank. They supervised the escort and guidance of imperial consorts whenever they entered or left the palace. Originally the chief of consort escort, the office received its present title in the second year of Dading.
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Directorate of Palace Registers. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Director held the fifth secondary rank. The Associate Director held the sixth secondary rank. The Assistant Director held the seventh secondary rank. The directorate managed inner and outer registered households, land, money, silks, and all assessments large and small. There were two Rectifiers-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Their duties matched those of the Assistant Director.
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Bureau of Palace Attendance. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The post was created in the eighth year of the Taihe reign. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau handled personal attendance on the emperor, receipt of edicts, and forwarding of memorials. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. Two additional posts were added in the eighteenth year of Dading. Sixteen Attendants of the Imperial Presence, formerly known as Inner Sleeping-Hall Pages. Thirty Attendants on Duty, formerly called Pages Outside the Sleeping Hall and also Outer Tent Pages—all retitled in the twelfth year of Dading.
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Bureau of Implements. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau supplied the emperor with equipment, saddles, bridles, and related gear. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The post was abolished in the third year of Mingchang. The Associate Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. The post was established in the fourth year of Taihe.
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Bureau of Imperial Stables. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau trained and pastured the imperial horses to meet the court's needs. In the twenty-ninth year of Dading an additional Deputy Commissioner was appointed to oversee the young-horse herds. One Rectifier-in-Chief managed the draft-ox herds. The Chief Stable Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The number of posts was not fixed. The Deputy Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. Neither the number of posts nor seniority requirements was fixed.
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Bureau of Imperial Sedan-Chairs. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau attended to the emperor's sedan-chairs, carriages, and related transport. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. Seniority was not required; from the nineteenth year of Dading appointees had to be under sixty. The Chief Overseer of Imperial Carriages held the ninth secondary rank. No seniority requirement applied. The Chief Overseer of Receipts and Disbursements held the ninth positive rank. Created in the twentieth year of Dading to handle issues of supply and receipt. An Associate Overseer was established in the fourth year of Taihe. The post was abolished in the second year of Da'an. There were originally four ba attendants.
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Falconry Yard. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The yard trained and kept hawks, gerfalcons, haiddongqing, and similar hunting birds. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. The number of posts was not fixed. The Controller held the ninth secondary rank. Neither the number of posts nor seniority requirements was fixed.
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Armory Office. The Director held the sixth secondary rank. The office received and stored armor and weapons sent as regular tribute from the circuits. The staff were Jurchen familiar with military equipment. The Assistant Director held the seventh secondary rank. There were two Rectifiers-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. One post was cut in the second year of Dading.
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Office of Ceremonial Arms. The Intendant held the fifth secondary rank. The Director held the sixth secondary rank. The Assistant Director held the seventh secondary rank. The office managed regalia for sacrifices, court assemblies, imperial tours, and for weddings and funerals of high officials—processional insignia, standards, drums, banners, flutes, and horns. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. Sometimes there were two posts. There were two Encampment Officers at the eighth positive rank; the Taihe Statutes Comprehensive Regulations list four. Rectifier-in-Chief. See What Gentry and Commoners Must Know. This office does not appear in the Taihe Statutes.
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All of the above offices were subordinate to the Directorate of Palace Front Inspection.
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Court of Palace Attendants.
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The Left Commissioner of Palace Attendants held the third positive rank. The Right Commissioner of Palace Attendants held the third positive rank. The Co-administrator of the Court of Palace Attendants held the fourth positive rank. The Co-signatory of the Court of Palace Attendants held the fifth positive rank. The court's Adjudicator held the sixth secondary rank. The court managed assemblies and banquets, all hall ceremonial, and oversight of the imperial kitchen. It commanded 239 crossbowmen and umbrella-bearers, and 200 Crane Controllers.
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The Direct Commissioner's Office of the Ceremonial Guard, with the Valiant Swift Army under it. Formerly the Dragon Soaring Army, in the second year of Zhenglong it became the Divine Guard Army, and in the second year of Dading the Ceremonial Guard Office. The Commander-in-Chief held the fourth secondary rank. Formerly styled Commissioner. The Deputy Commander-in-Chief held the fifth secondary rank. Formerly styled Deputy Commissioner. He commanded this guard unit overall and enforced strict ceremonial security. In the fifth year of Dading an edict renamed the Commissioner Commander-in-Chief and the Deputy Commissioner Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Squad leaders. Senior guardsmen. Valiant Swift Army. In the second year of Cheng'an one thousand crossbowmen were enrolled. In the fourth year of Taihe they were assigned to frontier defense. The Commander held the sixth positive rank. The Chief Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. Appointments were not reported to the throne.
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Guest Reception Bureau. The Commissioner held the fifth positive rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau received foreign envoys for audiences and farewells.
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Introduction Bureau. The Commissioner held the fifth positive rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau handled tribute gifts presented by foreign envoys.
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Gate Department. From the fifth year of Mingchang, Gate Department officials were appointed by rotational promotion. Two Commissioners of the East Upper Gate at the fifth positive rank. In the sixth year of Mingchang one post was abolished and the rank lowered to fifth secondary. The west gate had the same arrangement. Two Deputy Commissioners at the sixth positive rank. One post was abolished in the sixth year of Mingchang. The west gate was the same. One Co-signatory at the sixth secondary rank. He co-signed and adjudicated Gate Department business. The west gate was the same. Created in the sixth year of Mingchang when a deputy post was cut. Two Commissioners of the West Upper Gate at the fifth positive rank. Two Deputy Commissioners at the sixth positive rank. One Co-signatory at the sixth secondary rank. They directed and guided ceremonial in the audience hall. For the west gate, the remaining deputy and assistant posts followed the same pattern. Twenty-five Gate Attendants. During Zhengda the number rose to thirty-two. Two Gate Memorial Envoys at the seventh secondary rank. They announced sessions, led acclamation, received memorials, and conveyed imperial inquiries. The Chief Steward of the Attendance Corps held the seventh positive rank. He led the corps's attendance duties overall. An Adjudicator was formerly appointed but later abolished. The Squad Leader of the Inner Attendance Corps held the seventh positive rank. He led this corps's attendance duties overall. Four Imperial Park Memorial Forwarders at the seventh secondary rank. They handled presented gifts and arranged seating order for offerings and sacrifices.
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Bureau of Imperial Wardrobe. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau managed the emperor's clothing, caps, belts, and related items. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The post was formerly established but later abolished. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. The Associate Overseer held the ninth secondary rank.
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Bureau of Ceremonial Insignia. From the fourth year of Taihe the post could be held concurrently with, or by, an official of the Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau arranged hall furnishings, curtains, incense, candles, and the like. Four Rectifiers-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. The Taihe Statutes list three posts. Two Chief Overseers of Receipts and Disbursements at the ninth positive rank—one supplied furnishings, one managed the Wannning Palace storehouse. Created in the seventh year of Dading; one additional post in the second year of Mingchang. Two Associate Overseers at the ninth secondary rank. Two Bureau Commissioners, on the model of the Inner Treasury Archivists.
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Bureau of Imperial Food Service. From the second year of Yuanguang, staff were drawn from Palace Attendance and the imperial presence corps. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau oversaw the imperial kitchen, tasted food before serving, and also managed meals for attending officials. One Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. No seniority requirement applied. Three Chief Overseers at the ninth positive rank. No seniority requirement applied. The Raw Materials Storehouse had one Chief Overseer and one Associate Overseer to distribute raw provisions. The Receipts-and-Disbursements Storehouse had one Chief Overseer and one Associate Overseer for gold, silver, lacquer, and vessels. Staff were chosen from officials on special assignment from the provinces.
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Bureau of Imperial Pharmacy. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. Appointees were chosen from among outgoing-office officials. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The bureau presented decoctions, medicines, tea, and fruit to the throne. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The Fruits section had one Chief Overseer and one Associate Overseer to distribute fruits for imperial presentation. There were four local ba heads attached to this bureau.
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Imperial Medical Institute. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The Adjudicator at the eighth secondary rank managed all medicines and overall institute affairs. The Controller held the ninth secondary rank. Each medical specialty received one Controller once it reached ten practitioners, filled by the most skilled. If a specialty had fewer than ten, a Controller was appointed once it reached ten. No seniority requirement applied. First-Presentation Imperial Physicians were promoted after 120 months; Second-Presentation and Long-Service Imperial Physicians did not count months toward promotion; ten specialties with a quota of fifty.
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Imperial Pharmacy. The Intendant held the fifth secondary rank. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. The pharmacy presented imperial decoctions and medicines. Created in the fifth year of Mingchang and staffed by trusted inner attendants. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. There was no fixed quota; the Taihe Statutes list four posts. The Associate Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. The post was not regularly filled; the Taihe Statutes omit it.
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Music Training Bureau. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. The Adjudicator held the eighth secondary rank. The bureau managed hall music and overall bureau affairs. The Tone-Matching Master held the ninth secondary rank. Neither seniority requirements nor a fixed quota applied.
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Inner Treasury. In the second year of Dading it was split into four storehouses. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. It held inner-palace treasures and valuables, with each storehouse Chief Overseer and staff supplying their duties. One Rectifier-in-Chief. The post was added in the third year of Chengan.
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Headgear and Toiletries Storehouse. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The Associate Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. Seven ba heads; in the second year of Dading their career origins were fixed on the model of junior attendants barred from the sleeping hall.
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Bolts-of-Silk Storehouse. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The Associate Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. Twelve ba heads. The Gold and Silver Storehouse Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. Eight ba heads.
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Miscellaneous Goods Storehouse. The Chief Overseer held the ninth positive rank. The Associate Overseer held the ninth secondary rank. Eight ba heads. Each storehouse had two archivists.
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Bureau of Palace Inner Gates. Formerly the Inner Gates Office; in the second year of Dading it became a bureau, and its Director and Associate Director became Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Commissioner held the fifth secondary rank. The Deputy Commissioner held the sixth secondary rank. It controlled inner-palace gate security, with post-level Chief and Associate Overseers and the Inner Duty corps carrying out the work. The Rectifier-in-Chief held the eighth positive rank. One hundred seventy Inner Duty attendants. Later increased to one hundred seventy-nine.
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Bureau of Inner Attendance. Two Directors at the eighth secondary rank. In the fifth year of Xingding they were raised to the sixth secondary rank. Two Associate Directors at the ninth secondary rank. In the fifth year of Xingding they were raised to the seventh secondary rank. It controlled gate security at the Main Position, with hall-position Chief and Associate Overseers and the Imperial Duty corps carrying out the work. Two Bureau Chiefs at the ninth secondary rank; in the fifth year of Xingding raised to the eighth positive rank. Sixty-four Imperial Duty and Inner Duty attendants in all. In the first year of Mingchang they were drawn from Main Position Inner Duty attendants in the Bureau of Palace Inner Gates and at first remained under it. Chief and Associate Overseers of the East Gate. Chief and Associate Overseers for each hall position handled attendance and gate keys. Chief and Associate Overseers of Zhaoming Hall. Established in the twenty-ninth year of Dading, one post each. Chief and Associate Overseers of Chenghui Hall. The Consort Li position. Chief and Associate Overseers of Longhui Hall. Originally Longhe Hall, the empress position. Chief and Associate Overseers of Luanxiang Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Chongyi Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Yinghui Hall. Seven consorts at Full Containment rank; abolished in the third year of Taihe. Chief and Associate Overseers of Ruizhu Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Ruining Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Huichun Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Yunxiang Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Ruixiang Hall. Attached to the Buddha Hall. For the halls listed above, the title uses hall without position. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Shaojing and Wenfang positions, changed from Ningfu. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Yaohua and Rouze positions. For the above, neither hall nor attendance appears in the title. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Jiafu and other hall positions. Four posts. Chief and Associate Overseers of Guangren Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Ruisi Hall. For the above, the title includes attendance. Chief and Associate Overseers of Zifu Hall. Renamed from Longqing; the title omits position. Chief and Associate Overseers of Zizheng Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Erying Hall. Chief and Associate Overseers of Changqing Court. Chief and Associate Overseers of Xianshao Court. Chief and Associate Overseers of Zhenhe Gate. State money, silks, and cloths had to pass through this gate. One additional post was added in the fourth year of Mingchang. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Right Shengping Gate. Chief and Associate Overseers of Changle Gate. Chief and Associate Overseers of Qionglin Park. Two posts each. Chief and Associate Overseers of Guangleyuan Park. The Shunyi position had a Supervisory Controller, Chief Overseer, and Associate Overseer. Formerly the Baolin position. Ruihua Gate, commonly called Golden Gourds Gate, had one Chief Overseer and three Associate Overseers. The Grand Preceptor position had a Supervisory Controller, Chief Overseer, and Associate Overseer. Chief and Associate Overseers of Baochang Gate. Chief and Associate Overseers of Huichang Gate. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Xiaoning Palace at the Eastern Capital. Supervisory Controller of the Chong consort position. Consort of Emperor Shizong; Xing Mausoleum. The Hui consort position had a Supervisory Controller, Chief Overseer, and Associate Overseer. Yu Mausoleum. The Wen consort position had a Supervisory Controller, Chief Overseer, and Associate Overseer. Two posts at Yu Mausoleum; added in the fourth year of Mingchang. Baode Temple had a Supervisory Controller, Chief Overseer, and Associate Overseer. Imperial portrait of Emperor Shizong. Guangtai Gate Street. Baoen Temple had a Supervisory Controller, Chief Overseer, and Associate Overseer. Imperial portrait of Emperor Shizong. Qingyi Gate Street. Established in the third year of Mingchang with three posts. Chief and Associate Overseers of Xiaoyan Temple. At Nanjing; it housed Emperor Xuanzong imperial portrait and was later renamed Xingguo Gancheng Temple. Established in the first year of Zhengda with three posts. All posts below were at Nanjing. Chief and Associate Overseers of Funing Hall. Three posts. Chief and Associate Overseers of Chunhe Hall. Three posts. Chief and Associate Overseers of Renan Hall. Three posts. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Zhen consort position. Three posts. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Li consort position. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Xuanyi position. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Zhuangxian consort position. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Three Temples. Established in the second year of Zhenyou. Chief and Associate Overseers of Xihua Gate. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Capital Rear Garden.
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Sinecure posts for inner attendants. Created in the second year of Taihe under the Bureau of Palace Inner Gates, then placed directly under the Court of Palace Attendants. They advanced long-serving Imperial Duty and Inner Duty attendants from the Bureau of Inner Attendance. Palace Attendant-in-Ordinary. Fifth positive rank. Palace Recipient of Memorials. Fifth secondary rank. Inner-Hall Direct Attendant. Sixth positive rank. Formerly called Inner-Hall Attendant on Duty. Yellow Gate Gentleman. Sixth secondary rank. Inner Herald. Seventh positive rank. Inner Attendance Hall Chief. Seventh secondary rank. Senior Inner Attendant. Eighth positive rank. No fixed quota. Senior Inner Attendance Shift. Eighth secondary rank.
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Xiaojing Palace. The five consort positions of Emperor Zhangzong. Created in the first year of Daan because posts had Chief and Associate Overseers but no overall supervisor. Director at the eighth secondary rank. Associate Director at the ninth positive rank. Associate Overseer of the Duan consort position. Consort Zhen of the Tushi clan. Associate Overseer of the Hui consort position. Consort Li of the Tushi clan. Associate Overseer of the Zhen consort position. Consort Rou of the Tangut clan. Associate Overseer of the Jingyi position. Imperial Consort Jia of the Jiagu clan. Associate Overseer of the Caiyuan position. Imperial Consort Xiu of the Wugulun clan.
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Yi'an Household. Established in the third year of Zhenyou for Crown Prince Zhuangxian. Director at the eighth secondary rank. Associate Director at the ninth positive rank.
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Bureau of Palace Parks and Gardens. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It managed palace repairs, sweeping, gate security, and felt mat furnishings. One Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. The 《Taihe Statutes》 list two posts. Two Chief Overseers and Associate Overseers. Established in the first year of Taihe. The Associate Overseer was abolished in the fourth year of Taihe.
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Bureau of Imperial Fermentation. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It presented imperial wines and fermented beverages to the throne. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Two posts.
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Guest Protocol Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. The Rectifier-in-Chief was later abolished. Eighteen document clerks.
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Ceremonial Attendance Office. Formerly the Raised-Tablet Bureau; renamed Ceremonial Attendance Bureau in the first year of Dading and elevated to an office in the fifth year of Dading. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Formerly the bureau commissioner. It managed court ceremonies, with memorial bearers, raised-tablet bearers, and palanquin bearers each performing their duties. Rectifier-in-Chief at the seventh positive rank. Formerly the bureau deputy at the seventh secondary rank.
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The offices above were subordinate to the Court of Palace Attendants.
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Director of the Palace Library.
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Subordinate offices included the Bureau of Composition, Bureau of Writing Implements, Directorate of Painting and Calligraphy, and Directorate of Astronomy.
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One Director at the third secondary rank. One Deputy Director at the fifth positive rank. One Associate Director at the sixth positive rank. Two Palace Secretaries at the seventh positive rank. Fixed at two posts in the first year of Taihe. They managed classical texts and books overall. One Collator at the seventh secondary rank. Two posts in the fifth year of Chengan. From the fifth year of Taihe the post could be held by Hanlin officials; one post was cut in the second year of Daan. They collated texts held by the directorate.
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Bureau of Composition. One Composition Officer at the sixth secondary rank. One Assistant Composition Officer at the seventh positive rank. They compiled the calendar. In the sixth year of Huangtong the bureau appointed two Composition Officers and two Assistant Composition Officers to compile the calendar under the Academy of Letters.
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Bureau of Writing Implements. Two Rectifiers-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank managed imperial ink, brushes, inkstones, and the like. From the seventh year of Taihe the posts were held by Jurchen presentation attendants. Formerly Writing-Implement Clerks; in the third year of Dading renamed Writing-Implement Attendants on Presentation, then Attendants on Presentation to avoid taboo.
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Directorate of Painting and Calligraphy. One Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. It supplied imperial paintings, calligraphy, paper, and documents. Chief Overseer at the ninth positive rank. Two posts or one post.
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Directorate of Astronomy. The Intendant held the fifth positive rank. The Director held the fifth secondary rank. It tracked astronomy, calendrical reckoning, and weather signs and reported them secretly to the throne. Deputy Director at the sixth secondary rank. Adjudicator at the eighth secondary rank. Instructor; formerly two posts; one cut in early Zhengda. Seventy-six registered students, fifty Han and twenty-six Jurchen, appointed to long service by examination. Astronomical Controller at the ninth secondary rank. No seniority requirement or fixed quota; one Controller per ten practitioners in each specialty, filled by the most skilled. Fifty long-service practitioners. Unappointed practitioners could be appointed Controller on probation. Celestial Office specialty: six Jurchen and six Han Chinese. Calendrical Computation specialty: eight persons. Three Models specialty: four persons. Observation and Testing specialty: eight persons. Clepsydra specialty: twenty-five persons. Bronze instruments and ritual objects had been in the Ritual Objects Storehouse; in the second year of Zhenyuan they were transferred to this directorate.
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The offices above were subordinate to the Director of the Palace Library.
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Imperial Academy.
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Subordinate institutions were the National University and the Imperial College.
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Chancellor at the fourth positive rank. Vice Chancellor at the fifth positive rank. They managed the schools. Two Associate Directors at the sixth secondary rank. One post was added in the second year of Mingchang, also supervising the Jurchen school.
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National University. Two Erudites at the seventh positive rank. They divided instruction of students and examination of their accomplishments. The Imperial College followed the same pattern. A Jurchen Erudite was added in the second year of Mingchang, cut in the fourth year of Taihe, and both posts abolished in the second year of Daan. Two Assistant Erudites at the eighth positive rank. One Jurchen and one Han Chinese. Four Instructors at the eighth positive rank. They divided responsibility for teaching students. In the second year of Mingchang two instructors were added to each elementary school; in the fifth year of Chengan one post went unfilled. National University Collator at the eighth secondary rank. They collated texts. National University Copyist at the eighth secondary rank. They copied the Veritable Records.
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Imperial College. Four Erudites at the seventh positive rank. Two posts were cut in the second year of Daan. Four Assistant Erudites at the eighth positive rank. In the second year of Mingchang one post went unfilled; one was cut in the second year of Daan.
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The institutions above were subordinate to the Imperial Academy.
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Imperial Treasury.
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Subordinate offices included the Left and Right Treasuries, Disbursement Office, Grand Granary, Distillery, Provisioning Office, and Market Purchase Office.
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Director at the fourth positive rank. Deputy Director at the fifth secondary rank. Two Associate Directors at the sixth secondary rank. It received and disbursed state revenues in money and grain.
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Left Treasury. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh secondary rank. One post was added in the third year of Xingding. It held gold, silver, pearls, jade, treasures, and currency. Four ba heads.
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Right Treasury. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh secondary rank. One post was added in the third year of Xingding. It held brocades, silks, floss silk, woolens, and tribute goods from the circuits. Four ba heads.
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Disbursement Office. Also called the Disbursement Support Office. Two Chief Overseers at the ninth positive rank. It handled palace disbursements and imperial grants of gold, silver, and cloth. Abolished in the third year of Daan.
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Grand Granary. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. It managed stored grain of the nine kinds and their receipt and issue. Personnel could be appointed in advance. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh secondary rank.
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Distillery. Appointed by the ministry. Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the ninth positive rank. It brewed imperial wine and supplied wines and fermented beverages of all kinds.
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Provisioning Office. Originally the Halberd Shield Office; renamed in the third year of Mingchang. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Formerly called Halberd Shield Commissioner. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. Formerly called Halberd Shield Deputy Commissioner. It supplied palace fuel, charcoal, ice, and candles and managed palace households. One Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank.
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Market Purchase Office. In the second year of Tiande it became the Market Purchase Bureau. Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the ninth positive rank. It purchased fruits, raw materials, and other goods for palace use.
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The offices above were subordinate to the Imperial Treasury.
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Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers.
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Subordinate offices included Imperial Workshop, Dyeing, Literary Design, Tailoring, and Embroidery. From the fourth year of Taihe capable officials could concurrently hold the senior Bureau of Ceremonial Insignia post.
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Director at the fourth positive rank. Deputy Director at the fifth secondary rank. Two Associate Directors at the sixth secondary rank. Cut in the eleventh year of Dading and restored in the twenty-first year. It managed all state artisan manufacture.
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Imperial Workshop Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It made gold and silver vessels, pavilions, tents, carriages, couches, mats, curtains, saddles, bridles, umbrellas, fans, and mounting work. From the twentieth year of Dading the director was not a dedicated appointment but held concurrently. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank.
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Directorate of Painting. In the seventh year of Mingchang it was merged into the Attendance-on-Command Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It managed painting and gilt-thread artisans. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Abolished in the third year of Mingchang.
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Tailoring Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It made imperial vehicles, pavilions, tents, furnishings, post-specific couches and screens, curtain valances, cord bindings, mausoleum goods, and ministry supplies. The 《Taihe Statutes》 include painting duties. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth secondary rank. Cut in the third year of Mingchang; six tailoring artisans and thirty-seven needlework women remained.
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Embroidery Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It embroidered imperial and consort garments, candle shades, roadway flowers, and related items. In the second year of Zhenyou only one official post was retained. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. One embroiderer, one chief embroidery head, four deputy embroidery heads, and four hundred ninety-six women, seventy top grade and four hundred twenty-six second grade.
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Dyeing Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. It wove and dyed silks, brocades, gauzes, damasks, and floss silks for imperial and palace use.
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Literary Design Office. In the seventh year of Mingchang it was merged into the Attendance-on-Command Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It made office seals, ceremonial umbrella pagodas, gold and silver for ceremonial bureaus, vehicles, pavilions, tents, birthday gifts for the three states, and gold thread for dyeing and embroidery. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Cut in the third year of Mingchang.
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The offices above were subordinate to the Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers.
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Directorate for Arms.
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Established in the second year of Chengan; abolished in the fourth year of Taihe; Armor Workshop and Sharp Weapons were merged into an Arms Office under the Ministry of War. Restored as the Directorate for Arms in the first year of Zhining, with Arms Storehouse and Sharp Weapons Office subordinate. It formerly oversaw the Armor Workshop and Sharp Weapons offices.
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Director at the fifth secondary rank. Deputy Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It maintained state military equipment. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. The 《Taihe Statutes》 omit it; the 《General Regulations》 include it.
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Arms Storehouse. Under Daxing Prefecture from the first year of Zhining; subordinate again from the third year of Zhenyou. Commissioner at the eighth positive rank. Deputy Commissioner at the ninth positive rank. Filled by provincial nomination without a throne memorial. It handled receipts and disbursements for the Henan Circuit and arms regularly assessed and additionally purchased in the capital. Established in the fifth year of Dading.
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Armor Workshop Office. Abolished in the fourth year of Taihe; formerly had Director, Associate Director, and Rectifier-in-Chief.
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Sharp Weapons Office. Formerly the Capital Manufactories; renamed in the second year of Xingding. Subordinate along with the attendance-on-court posts. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It maintained bows, crossbows, blades, spears, and the like. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank.
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The offices above were subordinate to the Directorate for Arms.
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Waterway Inspector.
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The Street Office was subordinate to it. Branch directorates managed the Yellow River, Qin River, and Weizhou offices.
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Street Office. Controller at the ninth positive rank. It swept streets and repaired ditches. Formerly the Nanjing Street Office under the outer Waterway Inspectorate; abolished in the second year of Zhenyuan and returned to the Capital City Office.
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Chief River-Patrol Official at the seventh secondary rank. They inspected waterways, repaired dikes, planted elms and willows, and handled all river-defense work. Branch-directorate river-patrol officials followed the same pattern. Lugou and Chongfu embankment chiefs also served as stone-bridge commissioners; Tongji section patrol officials also managed the Jiancheng Office river section. Chief river-patrol officials supervised embankment patrol officials; created in the fifth year of Mingchang from qualified county magistrates aged sixty. Two Hutuo River patrol officials were established in the second year of Dading. Dispersed river-patrol officials. Filled from integrity recommendations by offices and clerks and from active officers under sixty.
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The Yellow Bian chief had six subordinates at Heyin, Xiongwu, Yingze, Yuanwu, Yangwu, and Yanjin, each with one dispersed patrol official.
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The Yellow Qin chief had four subordinates at Huai, Mengjin, Meng, and Chengbei, each with one dispersed patrol official.
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The Weinan chief had four subordinates at upper and lower Chongfu, Weinan, and Qishang, each with one dispersed patrol official.
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The Hua-Jun chief had four subordinates at Wucheng, Baima, Shucheng, and Jiaocheng, each with one dispersed patrol official.
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The Cao-Dian chief had four subordinates at Dongming, Xijia, Menghua, and Lingcheng, each with one dispersed patrol official.
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The Cao-Ji chief had four subordinates at Dingtao, Jibei, Hanshan, and Jinshan, each with one dispersed patrol official. Twenty-five embankments in all with twelve thousand embankment soldiers.
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Embankment material-yard officials received and distributed materials for their yard. Branch-directorate material-yard officials followed the same pattern. Only upper and lower Chongfu material-yard officials jointly managed receipts and disbursements with boundary officials.
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The Nanjing Yanjin River-crossing Bridge official also handled inspection duties. One Controller and one Associate Controller managed bridge boats, ferry inspection, crossings, and supplies; inspection was subordinate to the Pacification Commission. Other pontoon-bridge officials followed the same pattern.
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The offices above were subordinate to the Waterway Inspector. In the fourth month of the third year of Huangtong a Great Controller Office for Yellow-Qin dikes was set up at Huai Prefecture; its abolition date is unknown. In the second year of Zhengda the eastern outer inspectorate was at Guide and the western at Heyin.
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Left and Right Remonstrance Grand Masters at the fourth positive rank. Left and Right Secretariat Remonstrators at the fourth secondary rank. Left and Right Supplementation Omissioners at the seventh positive rank. Left and Right Court Remonstrators at the seventh positive rank.
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Court of Judicial Review.
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Established in the second year of Tiande. From Vice Director through Reviewing Officer there were six Han posts and four each for Jurchen and Khitan.
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Director at the fourth positive rank. Vice Director at the fifth secondary rank. Senior Adjudicator at the sixth positive rank. Associate Director at the sixth secondary rank. It adjudicated memorial cases empire-wide and reviewed doubtful punishments. Four Rectifiers at the seventh positive rank. They deliberated on doubtful cases and examined legal documents in detail. Formerly one Khitan Rectifier; abolished in the second year of Mingchang. Three Reviewing Officers at the eighth positive rank. Duties matched those of the Rectifiers. Two Khitan Reviewing Officers were cut in the second year of Mingchang; one Han post in the second year of Daan. Eleven Legal Specialists at the eighth secondary rank. Five in the Jurchen section and six in the Han section. They examined penal matters. Two Statute Specialists at the eighth secondary rank. Created in the second year of Xingding as outer-service equivalents; abolished in the fourth year.
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Academy for the Advancement of Literature.
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Director of the Academy at the fifth secondary rank. Associate Director of Academy Affairs at the sixth secondary rank. Collator at the eighth positive rank. They collated and translated classics and histories.
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Admonishment Drum Court.
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Director of the Admonishment Drum Court at the fifth secondary rank. Associate Director of Admonishment Drum Court Affairs at the sixth positive rank. They memorialized wrongly decided cases to the Censorate and Admonishment Inspection Court; from the second year of Chengan held by remonstrance officials. Two Legal Specialists at the eighth secondary rank. One Jurchen and one Han Chinese.
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Admonishment Inspection Court.
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Director of the Admonishment Inspection Court at the fifth secondary rank. Associate Director of the Admonishment Inspection Court at the sixth positive rank. They memorialized wrongly decided cases from the Secretariat and Censorate to the throne. Legal Specialist at the eighth secondary rank. One Jurchen and one Han Chinese.
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Notes and Annotation Court.
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Academy of Scholarly Worthies.
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Established in the fifth year of Zhenyou.
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Director of the Academy of Scholarly Worthies at the fourth secondary rank. In the first year of Zhengda Ma Lin was additionally made Acting Director of the Ministry of Personnel. Associate Director of the Academy of Scholarly Worthies at the fifth secondary rank. Deliberation Officer at the eighth positive rank. No fixed quota. Consultation Officer at the ninth positive rank. No fixed quota.
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Benefits Administration Court.
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Created in the third year of Zhengda in the inner court for several broadly learned advisers on concurrent duty. Two advisers served daily, consulting on the Documents, the Comprehensive Mirror, and the Essentials of Government of the Zhenguan Reign. Called a classics lecture in name, it functioned as an inner chancellorship. It was abolished when the Last Emperor left the capital.
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Command of the Military Guard for the Capital.
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Subordinate to the Ministry of War of the Secretariat.
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Commander-in-Chief at the third secondary rank. In the twenty-ninth year of Dading a commander was added because the guard force and its deputies ranked too low; the post began at fourth positive rank and rose in the third year of Chengan.
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Two Deputy Commanders-in-Chief at the fourth secondary rank.
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One Deputy Commander at the fourth secondary rank. Originally fifth positive rank; raised in the third year of Chengan.
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One Adjudicator. Established in the third year of Chengan. He defended the capital and apprehended bandits.
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Commandant Office. Ten Commandants at the sixth positive rank. Originally two posts were established.
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Four Chief Commandants at the seventh secondary rank. Provisionally established in the third year of Xingding to patrol the two palaces.
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Twenty Chief Generals at the ninth secondary rank. The title was fixed in the sixteenth year of Dading. They commanded their troops and handled defense and apprehension.
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Office for Commandant of Guards.
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In the first year of Daan staffing followed the Longqing Palace establishment.
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The Central Commandant of Guards at the third secondary rank oversaw inner-palace affairs.
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Deputy Commandant at the fourth secondary rank.
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Left Regular Attendant at the fifth secondary rank. He managed escort, protective guard, and ceremonial insignia.
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Right Regular Attendant at the fifth secondary rank. Regular Attendant posts.
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Thirty guards as in the Eastern Palace, eighty guides and four umbrella-bearers as in Crane Control, and two standard-bearers as in the Ceremonial Insignia Bureau.
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Service Bureau. Commissioner at the seventh positive rank. Deputy Commissioner at the eighth positive rank. Two Inner Heralds concurrently serving as Treasurers at the sixth secondary rank. Filled by Inner Duty attendants. Ten Attendants of the Inner Quarters. On the model of Eastern Palace attendants who entered the hall. Twenty Quarters Attendants on Duty. On the model of Inner Duty attendants in the Bureau of Palace Inner Gates.
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Palace Women Bureau. Director at the ninth positive rank. Filled by Inner Duty attendants. Associate Director for empress-palace affairs at the ninth secondary rank. Filled by Inner Duty attendants. Palace Director held concurrently by the Bureau of Palace Parks and Gardens and Ceremonial Insignia Bureau. Food Officer held concurrently by the Bureau of Imperial Food Service. Beverage Officer held concurrently by the Bureau of Imperial Fermentation. Medical Officer held concurrently by the Bureau of Imperial Pharmacy and Imperial Medical Institute. Treasury Officer held concurrently by the Inner Treasury and Provisioning Office. Granary Officer held concurrently by the Grand Granary. The offices above were subordinate to the Office for Commandant of Guards.
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Offices under the Ministries of Revenue, Rites, War, Justice, and Works.
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Subordinate to the Ministry of Revenue of the Secretariat.
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The Monopoly Goods Office held capital taxes collected as cash by the Southern Transport Office. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh secondary rank. It issued fragrance, tea, salt, and certificate notes for sale.
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Exchange Note Treasury. Commissioner, formerly eighth positive rank, later seventh secondary rank, restored in Zhenyou. It managed circuit exchange notes and examined money notes, exchange, and receipts and disbursements. Deputy Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. He countersigned stamped contracts. Adjudicator at ninth positive rank. Made ninth secondary rank in the second year of Zhenyou. Two Chief Overseers. See the 《Taihe Statutes》.
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Note-Printing Treasury. In the second year of Daan merged with the Paper-Making Workshop. Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. Deputy at the ninth positive rank. Adjudicator at the ninth positive rank. It supervised printing and auditing of exchange and salt certificates and note-paper production. In the fourth year of Chengan four small treasuries and four treasury adjudicators were abolished. Two posts in the first year of Zhining; ninth secondary rank in the second year of Zhenyou.
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Paper-Making Workshop. In the second year of Daan merged into the Note-Printing Treasury. Restored in the second year of Zhenyou with two junior Chief Overseers. Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. In the second year of Zhenyou ranked like attendance-on-court posts. Deputy Commissioner at the ninth positive rank. Adjudicator at the ninth secondary rank.
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Exchange Note Treasury Material Yard. Established in the first year of Zhining. Yard Official. Formerly eighth positive rank; later ninth positive rank. It handled receipts and disbursements of exchange-note materials.
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Exchange Note Treasuries and Paper-Making Workshops in each locality. Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. In the second year of Zhenyou established across many prefectures; abolished in the third year of Zhenyou.
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Stabilization Office. Established in the fifth month of the second year of Yuanguang; abolished in the tenth month. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh secondary rank. Six Duty Officers.
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From the Monopoly Goods Office downward, all were subordinate to the Ministry of Revenue.
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Subordinate to the Ministry of Rites of the Secretariat.
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Public Benefit Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. It compounded and sold medicinal decoctions. An Associate Director was formerly also established. In the third year of Dading officials reported that Public Benefit profits did not cover salaries. The emperor said the office was meant to aid the people; negligent officials, not finances, were the problem. Posts could simply be reduced. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Chief Overseer at the ninth positive rank.
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The above were subordinate to the Ministry of Rites.
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Subordinate to the Ministry of War of the Secretariat.
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Four Directions Office. Commissioner at the fifth positive rank. Deputy Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. It supervised relay stations, relay horses, and furnishings and vessels.
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Ritual Objects Storehouse. Originally also managed great music; transferred to the Court of Imperial Sacrifices in the second year of Zhenyuan. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh secondary rank. It managed imperial escort regalia, ceremonial guards, carriages, and ritual garments. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Cut in the third year of Taihe.
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Dispatch Office. Controller at the seventh secondary rank. Associate Controller at the eighth secondary rank. It received and dispatched documents of the ministries and outer circuits.
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The above were subordinate to the Ministry of War.
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Subordinate to the Ministry of Justice of the Secretariat.
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Wannning Palace Promotion Office. Formerly Daning Palace; renamed Shouan Palace, then given the present name. Promoter at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Promoter at the seventh secondary rank. It guarded palace halls and posts. Five ba heads.
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Qingning Palace Promotion Office. Promoter at the seventh positive rank. Also held concurrently as magistrate of Longmen County. Associate Promoter at the eighth positive rank. Also held concurrently in the Ceremonial Insignia Directorate.
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The above were subordinate to the Ministry of Justice.
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Subordinate to the Ministry of Works of the Secretariat.
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Inner Repairs Office. Established in the seventh year of Dading. Commissioner at the fifth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. It managed palace construction. One thousand sixty-five artisan soldiers and two thousand labor soldiers under the director of the Directorate for Imperial Manufacturers. Two Rectifiers-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Four Corvee Officers at the eighth positive rank. They supervised labor service. Two Receipt Officers at the eighth positive rank. They disbursed various goods.
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Capital City Office. Promoter at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Promoter at the seventh secondary rank. It repaired shrines, walls, gates, offices, residences, and handled tree planting and engineering. Two officials for the left and right wings at the eighth positive rank. They supervised labor service. Two Disbursement Officers at the eighth positive rank. They disbursed goods, pottery, and the like.
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Attendance-on-Command Office. Intendant at the fifth secondary rank. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. It supplied all kinds of palace craft work. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Receipts-and-Disbursements Storehouse. Established in the first year of Taihe.
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Appraisal Office. Director at the sixth secondary rank. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. Rectifier-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. It handled stone carving and pottery work.
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Imperial Park Office. Intendant at the fifth secondary rank. Created in the eighth year of Taihe; cut in the second year of Daan. Director at the sixth secondary rank. It managed parks, ponds, plantings, and imperial boat excursions. Associate Director at the seventh secondary rank. In the seventh year of Dading one Nanjing post was added, held by the auditing judge. In the third year of Daan one post was again cut. Two Rectifiers-in-Chief at the eighth positive rank. Chief and Associate Overseers of the Flowers and Trees Bureau. Formerly four receiving officers; abolished in the first year of Taihe; later two overseers from various offices. In the third year of Zhenyou overseers were abolished and the duty went to the Tongleyuan Controller. Three Chief and Associate Overseers of Xichun Park. Established in the fourth year of Taihe; cut in the third year of Zhenyou. Two Tongleyuan Controllers with an annual revenue quota under the Southern Transport Office. After the southern move the revenue quota ended and the post became an attendance-on-court office at eighth positive rank.
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All of the above were subordinate to the Ministry of Works.
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Three-Circuit Inspection and Outer-Circuit Storehouse and Herd Offices.
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Inspection Office of the Eastern, Western, and Southern Circuits. Established in the fourth year of Xingding. Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the seventh positive rank. They inspected military grain, verified household issues, equalized corvee, promoted farming, and barred private slaughter and contraband salt, wine, and yeast.
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Eastern and Western Abundance Storehouses of Nanjing. Subordinate to the Transport Office; in the second year of Zhenyou ranked like attendance-on-court posts. Commissioner at the eighth positive rank. Deputy Commissioner at the eighth secondary rank. Two Adjudicators at the ninth positive rank. One Disbursement Monitor and one Receipt Monitor at the eighth positive rank.
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Promoter of the Nanjing Monopoly Goods Office. Established in the fourth year of Zhenyou. Promoter at the fifth secondary rank. Associate Promoter at the sixth secondary rank. Three Duty Officers at the ninth positive rank.
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Granary Promotion Office. Established in the fifth year of Zhenyou; first nominated by the Ministry of Personnel, then provincial approval. Commissioner at the fifth secondary rank. Deputy Commissioner at the sixth secondary rank. It ensured fair receipts and disbursements and prevented loss. Sixteen Disbursement-and-Receipt Monitors at the eighth rank. Filled by upright capable persons under sixty, one Jurchen and one Han each. Guangying, Fengying, Yongfeng, Guangchu, Fuguo, Guangyan, Sandeng, Changying, three west fields, two east fields, south field one, and north fields one and two. The Tongji and capital storehouses each had one Disbursement-and-Receipt Commissioner and Deputy. Fengbei, Fengshan, Guangji, and Tongguan storehouses; Tongguan gained a monitor in the fifth year of Xingding who also served as Military Affairs Commission suppressor. Four posts at the Chen Prefecture Storehouse. Two posts at the Weichuan Storehouse.
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Left and Right Eight-Crafts Yards. Officials on the same model collected military supplies and arms.
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