Pledging - Tong-yue

Japanese: 僮約 - どうやく(英語表記)Tong-yue
Pledging - Tong-yue
A humorous piece from the Western Han Dynasty in China, written by Wang Bao. The story is about a man who, upon buying a slave, writes out a list of duties for the slave, which gradually makes the slave feel depressed. It is also a valuable source of information on the employment patterns of powerful clans at the time.

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Japanese:
中国,前漢の戯文。王褒 (おうほう) の作。奴隷を買うにあたって,その義務となる仕事を証文として書き連ね,そのため当の奴隷がだんだんしょんぼりしてゆくという内容。当時の豪族内の雇用形態などを知るうえでの貴重な資料にもなっている。

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