Shang-gong; Shang-kung

Japanese: 上供 - じょうきょう(英語表記)Shang-gong; Shang-kung
Shang-gong; Shang-kung
A financial system in China. It involves paying a portion of local taxes to the central government. In the past, feudal lords would give a portion of their territorial produce to the emperor, which was called tribute. Later, the practice of giving a portion of local taxes to the central government came to be called shanggu.

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Japanese:
中国の財政制度。地方の租税の一部を中央に上納すること。古くは封建諸侯が領内産物の一部を天子に贈ることを貢といい,その後,地方賦税の一部を中央政府に贈ることを上供と称するようになった。

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