三公

Chinese

		three	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (三公)		三	公
simp. #(三公)		三	公

Etymology

Starting in the Zhou Dynasty, the three highest civil posts were: 太師／太师 (tàishī), 太傅 (tàifù), 太保 (tàibǎo). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three positions were: 太尉 (tàiwèi) (Grand Commandant), 司徒 (sītú) (Minister over the Masses) and 司空 (sīkōng) (Minister of Works). Later on, the three positions were discontinued, and their duties were folded into the position of 丞相 (chéngxiàng) (chancellor of China).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sangong
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kung¹
    • Yale: sān-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangong
    • Palladius: саньгун (sanʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gung¹
    • Yale: sāam gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sam-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 三公

1. (archaic) three highest-ranking civil officials in the imperial court

See also

• 三司 (sānsī)

References

• Chancellor of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 圖解三國時代, p. 107 and 250, →ISBN

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