賩 (cóng) - Ancient tax paid in kind & name of an ancient ethnic group in Sichuan

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cóng ｜ 15 strokes ｜ radical:

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賩 · cóng

Ancient tax paid in kind;

name of an ancient ethnic group in Sichuan;

name of an ancient state.

Ancient tax paid in kindname of an ancient ethnic group in Sichuanname of an ancient state.

Usage highlights

Cong taxCong stateCong peopleBatribute paymenttax in kind
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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient Ba people paid taxes in kind (賩税).
  • Archaeologists found records of the Cong state (賩国).
  • This artifact belongs to the Cong ethnic group (賩族).

Collocations

  • Cong tax(賩税)
  • Cong state(賩国)
  • Cong people(賩族)
  • Ba-Cong ethnic group(巴賩)
  • tribute payment(賩贡)
  • tax in kind(賩物)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • The character appears in historical records referring to an ancient ethnic group in the Sichuan region during the Han dynasty.
  • It was used to denote a specific type of tax payment made in goods rather than currency.
  • The Cong people were mentioned alongside the Ba people in ancient Chinese texts.

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