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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2026-04-13 14:29:45 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 86727 - submitted by 'encn' >> this term originated long before yuan dynasty and was commonly used in ming and qing dynasties. 至成帝时，丞相故安昌侯张禹以帝师位特进，甚尊重。 东汉· 班固 《汉书·朱云传》 明代帝师的选拔标准包括经书要读得熟、解释得好，语言能力强能让皇帝听懂，以及具备优秀的讲课能力能引导皇帝向善。例如，杨廷和规劝明武宗反而引起反感，说明讲课技巧的重要性[9] 。 ---------- Editor: Thank you for correcting my oversight. But, I think the actual situation is somewhere in the middle. "emperor's tutor" - this term has spanned multiple dynasties, as you say, as it could be applied to any teacher of any emperor. "imperial preceptor" - I'm not so sure about this, it seems to be the English translation of an official position or title that only existed during the Yuan dynasty (perhaps it existed in some form during Western Xia but not in the Han dynasty like your first example), and then was abolished during the Ming dynasty For example Wp (for whatever it's worth) says, https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/帝师 唯独元朝的帝师是专指朝廷官方认证指定的藏传佛教领袖(其中一个职责是向皇帝授戒和灌顶) https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/19/3/17/n11120239.htm 由此，元朝形成独特的帝师制度。帝师，既是僧官名，也是忽必烈对八思巴所封的最为尊崇的封号 https://www.lsqn.cn/WorldHistory/war/gdzz/yuan/200910/165433.html 元世祖忽必烈即位后，先后封萨迦派僧人八思巴为国师、帝师，令其领总制院（后改称宣政院）事， 管理藏族地区以及全国佛教事务。 忽必烈之后，元朝历代皇帝皆以藏僧为帝师 I think this passage makes it clear this was a different title during the Yuan dynasty, as the emperor would appoint a Tibetan Buddhist monk to the role, who was in charge of official Buddhist/Tibetan affairs. 帝师是元朝特别设置的一个职位，作为皇帝在宗教上的老师，其地位十分崇高 Or this long blogpost about the imperial preceptor in the Yuan dynasty https://smglnc.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post_1931.html ---------- Since "imperial preceptor" came first in your definition I focused on that one and didn't think too much about "emperor's tutor" Please feel free to submit again if you disagree with anything above - sometimes I feel like people don't correct me enough :) |
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- 帝師 帝师 [[di4shi1]] /(Yuan dynasty) imperial preceptor; emperor's tutor/ # + 帝師 帝师 [[di4shi1]] /(historical) imperial preceptor; emperor's tutor/ # Editor: + 帝師 帝师 [[di4shi1]] /(historical) emperor's tutor; (Yuan dynasty) imperial preceptor (high-ranking official title held by Tibetan Buddhism leaders)/ |