Asian Art

Imperial Commissioner (China)

The Imperial Commissioner (Chinese: 欽差大臣; Pinyin: Qīnchāi Dàchén; Manchu: ᡥᡝᠰᡝ ᡳ<ᠲᠠᡣᡡᠷᠠᡥᠠᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ) was a high-ranking position in the Qing government and Ming government of the late Qing and Ming dynasties of China. The position itself is the highest rank in both governments, only below the position of Emperor. The position's officeholder is also appointed directly by the emperor. The position initially originated from the Han Dynasty, but modernised into the modern Imperial Commissioner in the later Ming Dynasty.

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• ▸Bengal famine of 1943
• ▸Australian modernism
• ▸Copies by Vincent van Gogh

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