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ancestors Ancients beaten one hundred become blows and banished body break the law bring Buddha Buddhist and Taoist clan colloquial common Confucian Confucius crime criminals curse death decapitated district duteousness duty Dynasty elder brother Emperor emperor of China Empire enmity evil Exhortations false accusation fight filial filial piety follow food and clothing gambling give Han Dynasty hand heaven Hence honour hundred heavy blows keep up appearances kill land live Manchus mandarin marriage matter means Mencius military mind neighbours offence official one's parents peace penal servitude person practise principles punishment quarrel regard respect robbers Sacred Edict scholars sects sentence silkworms simply soldiers and civilians Song Dynasty sons strangled strike supposed tael Taoist priests taxes teach thief thieves things Tithing System underlings undutiful verb village wife words younger brother yourselves