all the officials in the yamen
Sanban Liufang is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is s ā Nb ā NLI ù f á ng. It means the general name of the official service in the County Yamen in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. From scholars.
Idiom explanation
The third class refers to Zao, Zhuang and kuaiban, all of which are clerks; the sixth class refers to Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing and workshop, all of which are clerks. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was the general name of the official service in the Yamen of prefectures and counties.
The origin of Idioms
The second chapter of Wu Jingzi's unofficial history of scholars in the Qing Dynasty: "I think that on this new year's day, there are three classes and six rooms in the master's Yamen, and that one doesn't send a post."
Chinese PinYin : sān bān liù fáng
all the officials in the yamen
find spiritual sustenance in sth.. tuō wù yù gǎn