Grand Secretariat

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The Grand Secretariat was the highest central administrative institution of imperial China, serving as the emperor’s chief policy-drafting and coordinating body, particularly prominent during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central administrative body ⓘ
government institution ⓘ
imperial Chinese institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Imperial China ⓘ
associatedWith Ming court ⓘ
linked to: Ming dynasty

Qing court ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty
country China ⓘ
documentedIn Ming Shilu ⓘ
Qing Veritable Records ⓘ
employs Grand Secretaries ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
existedInPeriod Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
followedBy Grand Council ⓘ
function advising the emperor on state affairs ⓘ
editing and polishing imperial documents ⓘ
policy coordination among ministries ⓘ
governmentalScope empire-wide administration ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of imperial China ⓘ
hadDeFactoPower prime ministerial authority in Ming dynasty ⓘ
headedBy Grand Secretaries ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
historicalRegion East Asia ⓘ
influencedBy Hanlin Academy ⓘ
languageOfWork Classical Chinese ⓘ
location Beijing ⓘ
Forbidden City ⓘ
organizationalType collegial body ⓘ
partOf central government of imperial China ⓘ
imperial bureaucracy of China ⓘ
positionInHierarchy highest central administrative institution ⓘ
precededBy Chancellery of imperial China ⓘ
Zhongshu Sheng ⓘ
responsibleFor coordinating government policy ⓘ
drafting imperial edicts ⓘ
reviewing memorials to the throne ⓘ
transmitting imperial orders to other agencies ⓘ
role advisory organ to the emperor ⓘ
chief policy-drafting body ⓘ
coordinating body of central administration ⓘ
significantDuring Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
staffedBy members of the Hanlin Academy ⓘ
scholar-officials ⓘ
subordinateTo Emperor of China ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction supra-ministerial coordinating organ ⓘ
usedFor implementation of imperial will ⓘ
usedScript Chinese characters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qing dynasty → legislativeBody → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Li Hongzhang → heldPosition → Grand Secretary of the Qing Empire ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
Grand Council → replaces → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Grand Secretariat → employs → Grand Secretaries ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
Grand Secretariat → headedBy → Grand Secretaries ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
Six Ministries → supervisedBy → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Emperor of China → oversawInstitution → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Southern Ming → legislativeBody → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Liu Jian → title → Grand Secretary ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
Grand Councillors → precededBy → Grand Secretariat officials ⓘ
linked to: Grand Secretariat
Chancellery of imperial China → replacedBy → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Chinese imperial court → hasPart → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Emperor of the Ming → supervises → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Ming central government → legislativeBody → Grand Secretariat ⓘ
Ming central government → hasPart → Grand Secretariat ⓘ