The Nether World Recording Officers, in the Nether World, in different Courts, there are different number of Recording Officers.
Each different Recording Officer is being allocated in different Departments in-order to able to perform the tasks correctly and effectively.
In the Nether World, similar to the Mortal World, in the Nether World Imperial System, there are 6 Main Departments (Ming Fu Liu Cao 冥府六曹) that in-charge of the issues that associated with the Souls.
So what are the 6 Main Departments?
Here they are:
Shi Cao – In-charge of the allocation of Spiritual Officers & Official Personnel
士曹(官吏調遣)
Hu Cao – In-charge of the Recording & Changing of the Physical Addresses
戶曹(戶籍更新)
Cang Cao – In-charge of issues that are associated with Financial
倉曹(財政貴富)
Ke Cao – In-charge of the Public Relation, such as Inviting & Ushering of Deities from the other Realms, meeting of Deities of important ranking, etc
客曹(禮賓迎神)
Bing Cao – In-charge of the Military issues in Spiritual World, etc
兵曹(靈界軍事)
Xing Cao – In-charge of the different Punishments in the Nether World
刑曹(處份刑法)
In the scrolls, the 6 Main Officers of the Departments are dressed in Green, Pink & Red standing at the lower part of the Painting.
As for the 4 Officers standing on top of the Painting, wearing Black, are known as the Si Guan, meaning the assistants of the 6 Main Departments.
To be more accurate, each Department will have 4 Si Guan (四司官), meaning, in total, there will be 24 Si Guan, which what we address them as Ming Fu Er Shi Si Si (冥府二十四司).
