Three Lords - Sanko

Japanese: 三公 - さんこう

〘Noun〙① A Chinese official title. The three people who occupy the highest positions and assist the emperor. The meaning changes over time, but in Zhou they were Grand Master, Grand Tutor, and Grand Administrator, and in the Qin and Former Han dynasties they were Prime Minister, Grand Commander, and Grand Censor, and sometimes they were also called Dasitu, Dasima, and Dasikong. From the Later Han to the Tang dynasties they were often called Grand Commander, Situ, and Sikong, and in the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties they returned to the Zhou system and were called Grand Master, Grand Tutor, and Grand Administrator, but the more recent they became empty names. Three Huai. Three matters. ※Honcho Monsui (around 1060) 1. Sun Hongbu Bei Fu (Minamoto Hideaki) "The three high-ranking officials. _{He is humble} and lies _down when he is covered with _cloth ." [Book of Documents - Zhou Officials]② A general term for the Grand Minister of State, Left Minister, and Right Minister among the official positions under the Ritsuryo system. ※Family tradition (around 760), part 2: "In the first year of the Taiho era, _one _Yoshiie son was selected, made into _{one of} _the _chamberlains , and _one of Sanko's sons was given _a special imperial conferment of _{the sixth} rank and appointed as _one _{of the} chamberlains." ③ = San Taisei (three stars) ※Shoku Nihongi - First year of the Reiki era (715), August Ding Chou: "Takada no Kubi Kuhimaro presented _one _Reiki . Seven inches long. Six inches wide. White left eye. Red right eye. _Two three- _stars around the neck. _One shoulder strap with seven stars. _Along the front legs _are _two hexagrams." ④ ("Ko" is a suffix) Abbreviation for Sansuke, a servant at the bathhouse. ※Comedy book, Ukiyo-furo (1809-13), part 3: "Oi Sanko (sankau) , fill me with Kune (kun) ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 中国の官名。最高の地位にあって天子を補佐する三人。時代によって内容が変遷するが、周は太師・太傅・太保、秦・前漢は丞相・太尉・御史大夫で、時に大司徒・大司馬・大司空とも称し、後漢から唐までは多く太尉・司徒・司空、宋・元・明・清は周制にもどって太師・太傅・太保をいうが、後世になるほど空名化した。三槐。三事。※本朝文粋（1060頃）一・孫弘布被賦〈源英明〉「三公職高。執_レ謙、臥_二於布被_一」〔書経‐周官〕② 令制官職のうち太政大臣・左大臣・右大臣の総称。※家伝（760頃）下「大宝元年、選_二良家子_一、為_二内舎人_一、以_二三公之子_一、別勅叙_二正六位上_一、徴為_二内舎人_一」③ ＝さんたいせい（三台星）※続日本紀‐霊亀元年（715）八月丁丑「高田首久比麻呂献_二霊亀_一。長七寸。闊六寸。左眼白。右眼赤。頸著_二三公_一。背負_二七星_一。前脚並有_二離卦_一」④ (「公」は接尾語) 湯屋の奉公人の三助の略称。※滑稽本・浮世風呂（1809‐13）三「ヲイ三公(サンカウ)、うめて呉(くん)な」

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