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The Three Lords and Nine Ministers system ( Chinese: 三公九卿) was a central administrative system adopted in ancient China that was officially instituted in the Qin dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC) and was replaced by the Three Departments and Six Ministries ( Chinese: 三省六部) system since the Sui dynasty (AD 589–618).
Three Lords referred to three highest rank officials in the imperial government, namely:
Nine Ministers comprised all the ministers of importance in the central government. They were: