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Menxia Sheng
| Menxia Sheng | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 門下省 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 门下省 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Agency at the Gate | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||
| Vietnamese alphabet | Môn Hạ Sảnh | ||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 門下省 | ||||||||
The Menxia Sheng (門下省), sometimes translated as the Chancellery, was one of the departments of the Three Departments and Six Ministries government structure of imperial China. It advised the emperor and the Zhongshu Sheng (Central Secretariat), and reviewed edicts and commands. As the least important of the three departments, it existed in name only by the Song dynasty while its functions were delegated to the other two departments. In 1129, the Chancellery was merged with the Central Secretariat.
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