御史

yùshǐ
imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) imperial oversight advisor (position title); imperial censor
  2. imperial oversight advisor (position title); imperial censor

Wiktionary

职官名。周时掌赞书、授法令的事务。战国时为史官，秦汉并为亲近之职，其长官为御史大夫，为汉三公之一，次为御史中丞，掌祕书，兼司纠察，官署称为御史府，后汉以降称为御史台，以中丞为台长，始专任弹劾。唐御史台复置大夫，中丞为副，至明改为都察院，以都御史统辖诸御史，清因之。见唐．杜佑《通典．卷二四．职官六》。

重編國語辭典

战国时指史官，明清指主管纠察的官吏

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 御 yù
  1. (bound form) imperial; royal
  2. (literary) to drive (a carriage)
  3. (literary) to manage; to govern
=1 御 yù (bound form) to defend; to resist
2 史 shǐ
  1. history
  2. annals
  3. title of an official historian in ancient China

Containing this entry

提学御史 tíxuéyùshǐ superintendent of education (formal title)
侍御史 shìyùshǐ
御史大夫 yùshǐdàfū

Related entries

言官 yánguān imperial censor