Selling your business - baikkan

Japanese: 売官 - ばいかん
Selling your business - baikkan
〘 noun 〙 The act of giving an official position in return for making someone pay money or perform construction work. ※Honcho Monsui (around 1060) 2. Three articles of sealed affairs〈Sugawara no Fumitoki〉" Request to stop selling one's official position " 〔Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Chronicle of Emperor Ling〕

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Japanese:
〘名〙 金銭・財物を納めさせ、あるいは造営を行なわせるなどして、それを代償として官職を授けること。※本朝文粋(1060頃)二・封事三箇条〈菅原文時〉「請売官事」 〔後漢書‐霊帝紀〕

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