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... officials educated in Confucian disci- plines , K'ang - hsi opened in 1678 a special channel through which persons ... official history of the Ming dynasty . Other great books commissioned by K'ang - hsi included the dictionary of ...
... officials educated in Confucian disci- plines , K'ang - hsi opened in 1678 a special channel through which persons ... official history of the Ming dynasty . Other great books commissioned by K'ang - hsi included the dictionary of ...
Page 508
... Officials above the fifth grade were given land for permanent possession . Even the land supposed to be returned was actually handed down for generations because the grantees ' sons usually became officials . Aris- tocrats expanded ...
... Officials above the fifth grade were given land for permanent possession . Even the land supposed to be returned was actually handed down for generations because the grantees ' sons usually became officials . Aris- tocrats expanded ...
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... officials ; vainly trying to make the corrupt Chinese officials , grown soft on the profits and use of opium , perform their duties ; and composing an ode of apology to the god of the sea for defiling his ocean with confiscated opium ...
... officials ; vainly trying to make the corrupt Chinese officials , grown soft on the profits and use of opium , perform their duties ; and composing an ode of apology to the god of the sea for defiling his ocean with confiscated opium ...
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