The system had been launched in the early Tang period, when the zhuangyuan had been first on the list of applicants submitted to the emperor.

The saying, “It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest” expresses the most universal of ethical norms, and is probably the source of all such norms.

"It's a rally cap! It's a rally cap!” shouted her father teasingly, rubbing her head with every base runner.

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