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chief minister one; the great officer one; the scholars
of the first class one; those of the middle class one;
and those of the lowest class one:—altogether
making six degrees of dignity. To the Son of Heaven
there was allotted a territory of a thousand li square.
A Gong and a Hou had each a hundred li square. A
Bai had seventy li, and a Zi and a Nan had each fifty
li. The assignments altogether were of four amounts.
Where the territory did not amount to fifty li, the
chief could not have access himself to the Son of
Heaven. His land was attached to some Hou-ship,
and was called a Fuyong. The chief ministers of the
Son of Heaven received an amount of territory equal
to that of a Hou; a great officer received as much
as a Bai; and a scholar of the first class as much as
a Zi or a Nan. In a great state, where the territory
was a hundred li square, the ruler had ten times as
much income as his chief ministers; a chief minister
four times as much as a great officer; a great officer

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