大将军
Mandarin
| simpl. | 大将军 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 大將軍 | |
Etymology
- An official position which came into being during the Warring States Period, and reached the zenith of its influence during the Han Dynasty. At first, the person in this position was the supreme military commander (modern equivalent ~ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff). During the later half of the Han Dynasty, he also took over the day to day executive affairs of government (modern equivalent ~ Hideki Tojo). During the Three Kingdoms period, the position again became military related (modern equivalent ~ United States Secretary of Defense).
Noun
大将军 (simplified, Pinyin dà jiāngjūn, traditional 大將軍)
References
大将军 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia- "大将军" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-01-10.
- 2003, Yōhei Hara, 圖解三國時代, p. 251 (in Mandarin, translated from Japanese), ISBN 9867881729:
