Kakyoshi - Kakyoshi

…The first official specializing in shipping was the Land and Water Transport Envoy at the beginning of the 7th century during the Tang Dynasty, and in the Song Dynasty, the Faunshi were stationed in Zhenzhou (Yizheng County, Jiangsu Province) and Sizhou (Si County, Anhui Province) to command and supervise the various routes of the transport envoys throughout the country. During the Yuan Dynasty, the Du Transport Officer supervised shipping in Dadu, Yangzhou, and Jeju, and the Du Shuikan was established in Dadu as a specialist in water resources, and river channel officers were established throughout the country. During the Ming Dynasty, the Shipping Governor and the Shipping Military Officer were the highest authorities in charge of shipping, and the Governor in particular had the greatest authority as he also managed the river channels. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…漕運を専門とする官は，唐代7世紀の初めに水陸運使がおかれたのに始まり，宋代には発運使が真州(江蘇省儀徴県)と泗州(安徽省泗県)とに駐在して，全国各路の転運使を指揮統轄する形をとったのである。元では都漕運司を大都と揚州，済州において漕運を統轄させるとともに，水利の専門官として大都に都水監をおき，全国各地に河渠司を設けた。明では漕運の最高責任者として漕運総督と漕運総兵官とがあったが，とくに総督は河道の管理を兼ねて権限が大きかった。…

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