Back Цензурат Bulgarian Cenzorát Czech Zensorat German Censorado Spanish Censorat French Badan Sensor (Tiongkok kuno) ID Censorato Italian 御史台 Japanese 어사대 Korean Зарга шийтгэх яам Mongolian
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| Traditional Chinese | 御史臺 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 御史台 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Terrace of Imperial Scribes/historians | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 都察院 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Metropolitan/Chief/General Inspection Court | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Đô sát viện | ||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 都察院 | ||||||||
The Censorate was a high-level supervisory agency in Imperial China, first established during the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC).[1] It was a highly effective agency during the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the Censorate was a branch of the centralized bureaucracy, paralleling the Six Ministries and the five Chief Military Commissions, and was directly responsible to the emperor.[2] The investigating censors were "the eyes and ears" of the emperor and checked administrators at each level to prevent corruption and malfeasance, a common feature of that period. Popular stories told of righteous censors revealing corruption as well as censors who accepted bribes. Generally speaking, they were feared and disliked, and had to move around constantly to perform their duties.
- ^ Xue, Deshu; Qi, Xiuqian. "Research on Supervision System in Ancient China and Its Contemporary Reference" (PDF). Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research. 319: 415.
- ^ Hucker (1958), p. 49
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