prefect; local magistrate
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
prefect; chief magistrate of a prefecture (during Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties)
formalOriginating in the Song Dynasty as an abbreviation of '权知某军州事' (acting manager of such-and-such military prefecture), when central officials were dispatched to govern local prefectures. It became the formal title for the head of a prefecture (zhou) in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Bāo包
Zhěng拯
céng曾
rèn任
Kāi开
fēng封
fǔ府
zhī知
zhōu州
。
Bao Zheng once served as the prefect of Kaifeng.
Míng明
Qīng清
shí时
qī期
，
zhī知
zhōu州
shì是
yī一
zhōu州
de的
zuì最
gāo高
xíng行
zhèng政
zhǎng长
guān官
。
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the prefect was the highest administrative official of a prefecture.
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Sòng宋
dài代
pài派
zhōng中
yāng央
guān官
yuán员
quán权
zhī知
mǒu某
jūn军
zhōu州
shì事
，
jiǎn简
chēng称
zhī知
zhōu州
。
In the Song Dynasty, central government officials were dispatched to act as managers of military prefectures, abbreviated as 'zhizhou'.