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.
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 or Excellency over the Masses. 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.
The title is the origin of the surname Situ.
List of officeholders
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
Yao
Shun
Han Dynasty
Western Han Dynasty
Gengshi Emperor
Eastern Han Dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Cao Wei
Shu Han
Eastern Wu
Jin Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ 中国古代官制常识. Guoxue.com (in Chinese). 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ↑ 周代司徒职分考辨. CNKI (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ↑ Bielenstein, 207–230
- ↑ de Crespigny, 1221
- ↑ Michael Loewe The Men Who Governed Han China Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (2004)
- ↑ 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。
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.
 | This article related to the history of China is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
 | This job-, occupation-, or vocation-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |