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Yuanfeng Bureaucratic Reform

Type Object Region China Time 1082–1085

The Yuanfeng bureaucratic reform was a central and local administrative overhaul launched by Song Emperor Shenzong in the second year of Yuanfeng (10…

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  1. 1082Kaifeng · KaifengEmperor Shenzong decreed the Yuanfeng bureaucratic reform, using the Yuanfeng Official System Standards to redefine the duties of the Three Departments and Six Ministries and the Nine Courts and Five Directorates, cutting redundant appointments and restoring the correspondence between Tang official titles and actual powers.
  2. 1083–1085Northern Song central government · Northern SongThe division of labor—Chancellery review and remonstrance, Secretariat drafting edicts, Department of State Affairs execution—was gradually implemented; the Six Ministries resumed handling their proper affairs, and the system of official title, honorary post, and appointment was reintegrated under the Yuanfeng framework.
  3. 1086–1090Kaifeng · KaifengAfter Emperor Shenzong's death, the Yuanfeng system was largely retained; during the early Yuanyou period when the Old Party was in power, limited adjustments were made to certain appointments and censorial duties, but the Yuanfeng framework was not fundamentally overturned.

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