典史 meaning in English

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After the mid - ming period , at the county - level of the administration local magistrates could hire their own private retainers ( muyou ) , but the muting ( lit . , retainer ' s hail ) was not the name of the office where the muyou worked , but rather where the dianshi helped the magistrate draft documents
摘要明中叶以后，县级机构中出现了县官私人聘请的幕友，而“幕厅”一类的名称却并非幕友的办公地点，当为典史帮助知县办理文案的场所。