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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  the 
  palace 
  enclosure 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  feudal 
  lord 
  (or 
  in 
  the 
  capital 
  of 
  a 
  

   state, 
  that 
  of 
  its 
  ruler) 
  , 
  including 
  his 
  ancestral 
  temple 
  and 
  the 
  "altar" 
  

   (a 
  mere 
  mound 
  of 
  earth) 
  of 
  the 
  She 
  or 
  God 
  of 
  the 
  Soil 
  of 
  the 
  region. 
  

   Every 
  town 
  had 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  it 
  a 
  market 
  place, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  lord 
  

  

  Figure 
  10. 
  — 
  Lid 
  of 
  Chou 
  Dynasty 
  bronze 
  vase 
  with 
  bird 
  figures. 
  

  

  Figure 
  11. 
  — 
  Tile 
  model 
  of 
  ancient 
  Chinese 
  city 
  gate. 
  

  

  drew 
  additional 
  revenue 
  through 
  a 
  sales 
  tax. 
  (For 
  a 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  

   ruins 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  town, 
  of 
  the 
  Chou 
  period, 
  see 
  fig. 
  12.) 
  

  

  The 
  palace 
  enclosure 
  also 
  contained 
  a 
  school 
  for 
  the 
  sons 
  of 
  nobles, 
  

   the 
  subjects 
  taught 
  being 
  the 
  rites 
  (i. 
  e., 
  correct 
  procedure 
  on 
  all 
  occa- 
  

   sions, 
  religious 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  secular), 
  music, 
  archery, 
  chariot 
  driving, 
  

  

  