... Human Runners Provided speedy services. The equal-field system, was to ensure an equitable distribution of land and to avoid the concentration of landed property that had caused social problems during Han Dynasty. This system allotted land to individuals and their families according to the lands fertility and recipients needs. (pg. 379). When fast ripening rice came to ... believed that academic and philosophical investigations were important for practical affairs. Neo- confucianism ranks as an important cultural development for two reasons: It illustrated the deep influence of Buddhism...

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