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... ceremonial gatherings and the regular " Heavenly tax , " or yearly contribution of five bushels of rice , which every family was due to pay on the seventh day of the seventh month . The office of Taoist master was hereditary , within ...
... ceremonial gatherings and the regular " Heavenly tax , " or yearly contribution of five bushels of rice , which every family was due to pay on the seventh day of the seventh month . The office of Taoist master was hereditary , within ...
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... ceremonial matters embroiled the bureaucracy in mutual and bitter criticism . Reforms . Shen - tsung ( reigned 1067 / 68-1085 / 86 ) was a reform emperor . Originally a prince reared outside the palace , familiar with social conditions ...
... ceremonial matters embroiled the bureaucracy in mutual and bitter criticism . Reforms . Shen - tsung ( reigned 1067 / 68-1085 / 86 ) was a reform emperor . Originally a prince reared outside the palace , familiar with social conditions ...
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... ceremonial bronze vessels toward the end of the Shang period , are usually brief and factual and cannot be considered literature . Nonetheless , they are significant in that their sizable vocabulary ( about 3,400 characters , of which ...
... ceremonial bronze vessels toward the end of the Shang period , are usually brief and factual and cannot be considered literature . Nonetheless , they are significant in that their sizable vocabulary ( about 3,400 characters , of which ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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