Ministry of Rites

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central government department imperial Chinese government ministry

The Ministry of Rites was an imperial Chinese government department responsible for state ceremonies, rituals, foreign relations, and the administration of the civil service examinations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Rites canonical	2
Ministry of Rites (historical Vietnam)	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central government department ⓘ imperial Chinese government ministry ⓘ
appliesTo	ceremonial music ⓘ court dress codes ⓘ ritual calendars ⓘ ritual regulations ⓘ sacrificial offerings standards ⓘ
basedIn	Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ Chang'an NERFINISHED ⓘ Hangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaifeng NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial capital ⓘ
coreFunction	legitimization of imperial authority through ritual ⓘ maintenance of ritual order ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
existedInPeriod	Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Sui dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	Bureau of Ceremonies NERFINISHED ⓘ Bureau of Examinations NERFINISHED ⓘ Bureau of Guest Rituals NERFINISHED ⓘ Bureau of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Bureau of Sacrifices NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPosition	Minister of Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice Minister of Rites ⓘ directors ⓘ section chiefs ⓘ
influencedBy	Confucian ritual theory ⓘ
partOf	Six Ministries NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Ministry of Ceremonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	calendar-related rituals ⓘ civil service examinations ⓘ court protocol ⓘ court rituals ⓘ diplomatic ceremonies ⓘ foreign relations ⓘ imperial ancestral rites ⓘ imperial investiture ceremonies ⓘ imperial sacrifices ⓘ metropolitan examinations ⓘ provincial examinations supervision ⓘ reception of foreign envoys ⓘ sacrifices at imperial ancestral temples ⓘ sacrifices at the Temple of Agriculture ⓘ sacrifices at the Temple of Heaven ⓘ sacrifices to Heaven and Earth ⓘ selection of degree holders for office ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ state rituals ⓘ tributary system management ⓘ
subordinateTo	Central Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of State Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor of China NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Six Ministries → hasPart → Ministry of Rites ⓘ

imperial academy → governedBy → Ministry of Rites ⓘ

subject surface form: Imperial Academy (Vietnam)

this entity surface form: Ministry of Rites (historical Vietnam)

imperial court of Vietnam → hasComponent → Ministry of Rites ⓘ