Secretariat-Chancellery

Secretariat-Chancellery was a central government department in several dynasties in imperial China and Korea. It was created in the Tang dynasty by combining the Secretariat and the Chancellery. It was a particularly important office in late Tang, the Song dynasty, and Goryeo.

Secretariat-Chancellery
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中書門下省
Simplified Chinese	中书门下省
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngshū Ménxià Shěng Wade–Giles Chung1-shu1 Men2-hsia4 Sheng3
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	两省
Literal meaning	Two Departments
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liǎng Shěng
Korean name
Hangul	중서문하성
Hanja	中書門下省
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jungseo Munha Seong McCune–Reischauer Chungsŏ Munha Sŏng

References

• Hucker, Charles O. (1985). A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 193.
• Duncan, John B. (1998). The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryŏ. Korean Studies. Vol. 12. pp. 39–61. JSTOR 23717729.