什一而税 (什一而稅) shén yī ér shuì

shén yī ér shuì phrase taxed one part in ten
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Notes: Quote: from Chapter 6 王道 The Way of the King in Scroll 4 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 132)