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Chinese
  
九寺

Hanyu Pinyin
  
Jiǔ Sì

Nine Courts is a general term referring to the 9 top service agencies in the central government during the imperial China. The number of courts in the group, however, was not always 9 throughout the 2 millennia.

The nine courts throughout most of history were:

  • Court of Imperial Sacrifices (太常寺)
  • Court of Imperial Entertainments (光祿寺)
  • Court of the Imperial Clan (宗正寺 or 宗人府)
  • Court of the Imperial Stud (太僕寺)
  • Court of the Imperial Treasury (太府寺)
  • Court of the Imperial Regalia (衛尉寺)
  • Court of State Ceremonial (鴻臚寺)
  • Court of the National Granaries (司農寺)
  • Court of Judicial Review (大理寺)
  • References

    Nine Courts Wikipedia