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14131769 No.14131769 [Reply] [Original]

>After the death of Duke Xiaogong, Shang Yang was unjustly accused by senior members of the aristocracy of plotting against the new ruler. He had to flee for his life.
On his escape route he was unable to find a place to spend the night because no innkeeper would dare to break the law and accommodate a traveler without an internal passport.
>Ironically, this provision was one of the “reforms” established by Shang Yang.
>He was arrested and then executed by being torn to pieces by chariot-pulling
>a form of penal punishment he helped to institute.

>> No.14132291

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>> No.14132332

Why aren't you posting this on /his/ instead?