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| Ministry of Revenue | |||||||||
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| (Pre-Sui) | |||||||||
| Chinese | 度支 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Going Over Expenses Accounting Exchequer | ||||||||
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| (Sui) | |||||||||
| Chinese | 民部 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ministry of People Census Ministry | ||||||||
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| (Tang–Qing) | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 戶部 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 户部 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Household(s) Ministry Census Ministry | ||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||
| Manchu script | ᠪᠣᡳᡤᠣᠨ ᡳ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ | ||||||||
| Möllendorff | boigon i jurgan | ||||||||
TheMinistry orBoard of Revenue was one of theSix Ministries under theDepartment of State Affairs inimperial China.
The term "Ministry of Revenue" or "Board of Revenues" is an English gloss of the department's purview. It is also similarly translated as theFinance Ministry orBoard of Finance. In Chinese, the various names of the department never referred to the government's monetary income. Instead, prior to theSui dynasty, it was known as theDùzhī from its role in overseeing government expenses. Under the Sui, it was known as the "Ministry of People" (Mínbù) from its role overseeing the census and its associated taxation. From the Tang to the Qing, it was known as the "Households Department" (Hùbù), again from its role in overseeing a census reckoned in households and its associated taxation.
Charles O. Hucker wrote that the Ministry of Revenue was "in general charge of population and land censures, assessment and collection of taxes, and storage and distribution of government revenues." The ministry was usually divided into specialized bureaus:
Each bureau was headed by a director (郎中). The ministry was headed by a minister (尚書).
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