Court of the Imperial Stud

Court of the Imperial Stud
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	太僕寺
Simplified Chinese	太仆寺
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tài Pǔ Sì Wade–Giles T'ai^4 P'u^3 Ssu^4
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Thái bộc tự
Hán-Nôm	太僕寺
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠠᡩᡠᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡴᠠᡩᠠᠯᠠᡵᠠ ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ
Möllendorff	adun be kadalara yamun

The Court of the Imperial Stud, also known as the Court of the Imperial Stables, was a central government agency in several imperial Chinese and Vietnamese dynasties. It was generally in charge of managing state horse pasturage, stables and corrals, as well as maintaining the vehicles for use by the imperial household and members of the central government. In China, the office was created during the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) and continued until the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). In Vietnam, it was created by Lê Thánh Tông in 1466, and continued until the Nguyễn dynasty.

It was one of the Nine Courts. During the Song dynasty, the agency also contained offices in charge of elephants and camels.

References

• Hucker, Charles O. (1985). A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford University Press. p. 481.