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1 record placed in AD 485; regions: East Asia.

Placed in AD 485 by a source

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AD 485Placed in a yearEast AsiaEconomy and exchange

Edict on equal allotment of land

The Wei shu basic annals record that on the dingwei day of the tenth lunar month of Taihe 9 (AD 485) an edict sent envoys to tour the provinces and commanderies and, with the governors, allot the land of the realm equally (均給天下之田), its grant and return to be fixed by life and death, and to encourage farming and sericulture.

Limits: An official history compiled 551-554 by Wei Shou under the Northern Qi from Northern Wei records; the English is an AI working translation. The annals give the edict only; they do not describe how or how far it was carried out.

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Source: Wei shu (Book of Wei), basic annalsRead the source