Standardization of the term "certificate" in the text of "The code of lifanyuan (court of colonial affairs)"

Article is devoted to standardization of terms “certificate” of chapter of “The Code of Lifanyuan (Court of Colonial Affairs)”. Court of Colonial Affairs was an agency in the government of the Qing dynasty which supervised the Qing Empire's frontier Inner Asia regions such as its Mongolian dependencies and oversaw the appointments of Ambans in Tibet. As the historical source “Code Court of Colonial Affairs” is of interest to researchers of Mongolia, Tuva, Tibet. On the basis of the analysis of the text some terms was selected, these terms in the Russian version of the text generalized by one term - “certificate”. Each term “certificate” of the text of “Code” makes sense, other than the others, emphasizes different character and functions of the documents issued by Qing administration in Mongolia. The author touches on the question of harmonization of historical terms in studying of the Chinese history.