sānsīshǐ
Three Judicial Commissions
三司使 sānsīshǐ
- Three Judicial Commissions
- Collective term for the heads of the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Court of Judicial Review when jointly trying major cases during the Tang dynasty
- three palace attendants
- A collective title for the three officials—the Household Counselor and the Left and Right Vice-Counselors—who attended to the Crown Prince when he was acting as regent.
- State Finance Commissioner
- Official title established in the Later Tang for a single minister overseeing the three financial departments (Salt and Iron, Tax, and Revenue)
- Three Financial Commissioners
- Collective term for the Salt and Iron Commissioner, the Tax Commissioner, and the Census/Revenue Commissioner during the mid-Tang dynasty onwards