Jiusi Township
Jiu Si may refer to: *"Nine Longings", a major section of the ancient Chinese poetry collection ''Chu Ci'' *Nine Courts, top service agencies of the central government during imperial China See also * Jiusi, Hubei (旧司), a town in Laifeng County Laifeng County () is a county of southwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture () is located in the mountainou ...

Nine Longings
Nine Longings () form one of the 17 major sections of the ancient Chinese poetry collection, the ''Chu ci''. The "Nine Longings" consists of ten poems (or, nine plus ''luan'' envoi), each individually titled, written according to the style of the earlier pieces in the ''Chu ci'' anthology. It is one of the several collections of poems grouped under the title of "Nine" something-or-others, most but not all of which consist of 9 pieces of poetry. One of the older of them, ''Jiu ge'' ("Nine Songs") consists of 11 individual pieces: "nine" in antiquity was often used as a synonym for "many", and in the context of the ''Chu ci'' generally refers to a musical arrangement with "nine" modal changes. (Hawkes, 2011 985 36–37) The "Nine Longings" poems were written by the Han Dynasty royal librarian, Wang Yi, who is more famous for his commentary on the ''Chu ci'' than he is for these original works which he appended to his published annotated copy. (Hawkes, 2011 985 307) Content Wang Yi man ...
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Nine Courts
The Nine Courts were nine service agencies in Imperial China that existed from the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) to the Qing dynasty (1636–1912). Headed by the Nine Chamberlains, the offices were subordinate to the Three Departments and Six Ministries. They were mostly ceremonial in nature and held a fair amount of power. During the Ming dynasty, the heads of the nine court transitioned away from referring to the nine courts, but to the Six Ministries, the Censorate, the Office of Transmission, and the Grand Court of Revision. The number of courts was not always nine throughout history. The nine courts throughout most of history were: See also * Five Directorates * Nine Ministers The Nine Ministers or Nine Chamberlains () was the collective name for nine high officials in the imperial government of the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), who each headed one of the Nine Courts and were subordinates to the Three Councillors of ..., related concept References * Go ...
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