三さん省しょう

noun

three ministries (ritsuryō system)

Historical term referring to the three central ministries under the Japanese ritsuryō system: Ministry of Civil Services (式部省), Ministry of Health (民部省), and Ministry of War (兵部省).

See also: 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かの三さん省しょうは、式しき部ぶ省しょう・民みん部ぶ省しょう・兵ひょう部ぶ省しょうを指さす。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the three ministries refer to the Ministry of Civil Services, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of War.

noun

three departments (Tang China)

Historical term for the three central departments in Tang dynasty China: the Secretariat (中書省), the Chancellery (門下省), and the Department of State Affairs (尚書省).

• 唐とうの三さん省しょうは中ちゅう書しょ省しょう・門もん下か省しょう・尚しょう書しょ省しょうから成なる。

  The three departments of the Tang dynasty consisted of the Secretariat, the Chancellery, and the Department of State Affairs.