- Censorate
The Censorate (御史台 yùshǐtái, later 都察院 dūcháyuàn) was a top-level surveillance agency in ancient
China , first instituted inQin Dynasty (221–207 BCE).During the
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), the Censorate was a branch of the centralized bureaucracy, paralleling the Six Ministries and the five Chief Military Commissions and was directly responsible to emperor. [Hucker, 49.] They were "the eyes and ears" of the emperor and checked administrators at each level to prevent corruption and misdoings, a common feature of that period. There are stories told about righteous censors revealing corruption as well as censors who accepted bribes. Generally speaking, they were feared and disliked and hence they constantly had to move around to perform their duties.ee also
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Three Departments and Six Ministries
*Grand Secretariat Notes
References
*cite book |last= Li |first= Konghuai |title= History of Administrative Systems in Ancient China|publisher= Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co., Ltd. |year= 2007|language=Chinese |isbn= 978-962-04-2654-4
*cite book |last= Lu |first= Simian |title= The General History of China |publisher= New World Publishing |year= 2008|language=Chinese |isbn= 978-7-80228-569-9
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