Nội các (Nguyễn dynasty)

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Cabinet of the Nguyễn dynasty
Nội các (內閣)
Nội các chi ấn (內閣之印), the Great Seal of the cabinet of the Nguyễn dynasty used between 1931 and 1934.

The headquarters of the Nội các built in the fifth year of the reign of Minh Mạng (1826), Huế.
Agency overview
Preceding agency
Dissolved1934
Superseding agency
TypeCabinet
Jurisdiction Nguyễn dynasty
HeadquartersHuế
Footnotes

The Grand Secretariat, or the Cabinet (Vietnamese: Nội các, 內閣) of the

secretaries, readers, and recorders and worked for almost the imperial government's documents and affairs.[1]

The senior officials were Thượng bảo tào, Biểu bạ tào, Bí thư tào and Ký chú tào.

During the reign of the emperor Gia Long (1802–1819), the cabinet comprised 3 secretaries: Thị Thư Viện, Thị Hàn viện and Nội Hàn Viện.[2] In 1820, emperor Minh Mạng dissolved the three secretaries, incorporated them into the new organ called Văn thư phòng–the predecessor of the Nội các. However, the Văn thư phòng did not function as a legislature branch of the imperial court until 1829, when Minh Mạng reorganized it to become the Nội các.[3]

Seals

The first

Chinese guardian lion.[5]

Emperor Khải Định and member of Nội các.From left to right: Hồ Đắc Trung, Tôn Thất Hân, emperor Khải Định (middle), Nguyễn Hữu Bài and Đoàn Đình Duyệt.

The Sung lý nội các sự vụ Quan phòng was used until the year Thành Thái 4 (1892), afterwards and during the entire Duy Tân and Khải Định reign periods a seal with the inscription Sung biện Nội các sự vụ Quan phòng was used, this inscription was identical to the seal used since the Minh Mạng period, but the characters were written using a different style of calligraphy.[5]

In the year Bảo Đại 6 (1931) a new great seal was introduced, one with the inscription Nội các chi ấn (內閣之印), this size was 4 cm x 4 cm and continued to be used until the Nội các was superseded by the Ngự tiền văn phòng in the year Bảo Đại 9 (1934).[5]

References

  1. ^ Woodside (1988), p. 86.
  2. ^ Woodside (1988), p. 85.
  3. ^ Woodside (1988), p. 88.
  4. ^ a b c d e ThS. Hà Văn Huề 2013, p. 58.
  5. ^ a b c ThS. Hà Văn Huề 2013, p. 59.

Sources

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