High-ranking government official in ancient China, second in rank only to the prime minister; responsible for supervising and impeaching other officials and managing imperial archives.

office for government oversight and impeachment during the Western Han dynasty

the formal title for a superintendent of education in imperial China

(archaic) a traditional government official in charge of supervising and disciplining public functionaries; first established under the Sui dynasty and continuing through the Qing dynasty

branch office of the central supervisory body during the Yuan and Ming dynasties

provincial governor and imperial monitoring official during the Ming and early Qing dynasties

Imperial Chinese government office for official oversight and impeachment. Originally called [[御史府|御史府|yu4 shi3 fu3]] in the Western Han, it was renamed in the Eastern Han and used intermittently until replaced by the [[都察院|都察院|du1 cha2 yuan4]] in the Ming dynasty. Also known as [[宪台|憲臺|xian4 tai2]], [[兰台|蘭臺|lan2 tai2]], or [[肃政台|肅政臺|su4 zheng4 tai2]].