Gyodo

…In ancient China, for example, the use of the main roads in the capital was strictly regulated, and only the king was allowed to pass through the center of the road. The main street stretching from north to south in the Tang capital Chang'an, which is nearly 150 meters wide, is also related to this, and the names of roads with the emperor in mind, such as Yudao and Yujia, were inherited until the Song Dynasty. Incidentally, in the classics, the Book of Rites (Ritual Book) states in the section on Kingship that men should go on the right, women on the left, and cars should go in the center, and the section on Sui Ren (Suiren) in the Book of Zhou (Shui Lai) lists the five types of roads: Sui, Jing, Xin, Tu, and Dao. …

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…古代中国では，例えば国都の城内大道の使用は厳格に規定され，道の中央は王のみが通行する場所であった。唐都長安の南北に延びる幅150mに近い大街もそれと関連し，御道，御街と呼ばれる皇帝を念頭においた道路の呼称は宋代まで継承される。ちなみに経書では《礼記（らいき）》の〈王制〉に男子は右側，女子は左側，車は中央といった規定，《周礼（しゆらい）》の〈遂人〉には遂，径，畛（しん），涂，道の5種類の道路の区分が載せられている。…

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