Situ (office)

Situ was one of the highest ranking government offices in ancient China. Established in the Western Zhou dynasty, it was originally written as 司土 (pinyin: Sītǔ), meaning Administrator of Land.[1][2]

During the Han dynasty, the title became written with the different characters 司徒 (pinyin: Sītú; lit. 'Administrator of people'), which is translated variously as Minister over the Masses[3] or Excellency over the Masses.[4] It was one of the three most important official posts during the Han dynasty, called the Three Excellencies. The nominal salary for the post was 20,000 dàn (石) of grain.[5]

The title is the origin of the surname Situ.

List of officeholders

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors

Yao

Shun

Han Dynasty

Western Han Dynasty

  • Kong Guang
  • Ma Gong
  • Ping Yan

Gengshi Emperor

Eastern Han Dynasty

Three Kingdoms

Cao Wei

Shu Han

Eastern Wu

Jin Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ 中国古代官制常识. Guoxue.com (in Chinese). 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  2. ^ 周代司徒职分考辨. CNKI (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. ^ Bielenstein, 207–230
  4. ^ de Crespigny, 1221
  5. ^ Michael Loewe The Men Who Governed Han China Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (2004)
  6. ^ 劉向. "君道". 說苑 (in Traditional Chinese). 互聯網: 中國哲學書電子化計劃. p. 12. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29. 當堯之時，舜為司徒。 {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Sources

  • Bielenstein, Hans (1980). The Bureaucracy of Han Times. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22510-6.
  • de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23 – 220 AD). Leiden, South Holland: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.


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