Ministry of Justice (imperial China)

Ministry of Justice
(Pre-Sui)
Chinese	都官
Literal meaning	Capital officials
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dūguān Wade–Giles Tu-kuan
(Sui–Qing)
Chinese	刑部
Literal meaning	Punishment(s) Department
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xíng Bù Wade–Giles Hsing Pu
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠪᡝᡳᡩᡝᡵᡝ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ
Möllendorff	beidere jurgan

The Ministry or Board of Justice was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China.

Functions

Under the Ming, the Ministry of Justice had charge of most judicial and penal processes, but had no authority over the Censorate or the Grand Court of Revision.

In the Republic of China (Taiwan), the functions of this ministry are currently carried out by the homonymous Ministry of Justice (Taiwan). Whereas in People's Republic of China the functions of this ministry are also currently performed by a homonymous ministry, the Ministry of Justice (China).

See also

• Chinese law
• Capital punishment & Torture in China
• Death by a Thousand Cuts & the Nine Familial Exterminations
• Ministry of Justice (China)
• Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

References

Sources

• Hucker, Charles O. (1958), "Governmental Organization of The Ming Dynasty", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 21: 1–66, doi:10.2307/2718619, JSTOR 2718619.