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Since the Qin Dynasty , the office of chancellor was sometimes divided into two positions, the "Left Chancellor"(左丞 ''zuo cheng'') and "Right Chancellor"(右丞 ''you cheng''). The term "Chancellor" (丞相 ''cheng xiang'') often refers to the more powerful "Right Chancellor," while the "Left Chancellor" was known as the vice-Chancellor; the latter was at times called "Rusi Dafu"(御史大夫 ''yushi daifu'', or Great Censor/Censor General, charged with defending against corruption). During the . The Executive Ministry was divided into six sections, Personnel Section (吏部 ''shi bu'', had the power to appoint and dismiss officials), Population and Financial Section (户部 ''hu bu''), Examination and Foreign Section (禮部 ''li bu''), Military Section(兵部 ''bing bu''), Section for Justice (刑部 ''xing bu'') and Section of Engineering (工部 ''gong bu''). In the Song Dynasty , the post of Chancellor was also known as the "Tongpingzhangshi" (同平章事), while the vice-chancellor was known as the "Jijunsi". Some years later, the post of Chancellor was changed to " Prime Minister " (首相 ''shou xiang'') and the post of vice-Chancellor was changed to "Second Minister" (次相 ''ci xiang''). In the late Southern Song Dynasty , the system changed back to the Tang naming conventions. During the Mongolian Occupation ( Yuan Dynasty ), the Chancellor was not the head of the Executive Ministry, but the crown prince was the executive head. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty , the post became the head of the Executive Ministry again. The post was abandoned after the execution of the final Chancellor of China, Hu Weirong , who was accused of treason (though his conviction is still strongly disputed in present times because of a lack of evidence to prove his guilt). Still, appointments of the people who held the highest post in the government were called "Appointment of Prime Minister" (拜相) until 1644 . LIST OF CHANCELLORS OF CHINA List of Chancellors of Qin Dynasty since 251 BC List of other famous Chancellors and (since 1052 ) Prime Ministers
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