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xià shì ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ (1): 古代官階之一。周代有上士、中士、下士。 "Officer of the lowest grade", official title used in the Zhou dynasty.
| 《·》: | 大國地方百里，君十卿祿，卿祿四大夫，大夫倍上士，上士倍中士，中士倍下士，下士與庶人在官者同祿，祿足以代其耕也。 | | In a great State, where the territory was a hundred li square, the ruler had ten times as much income as his Chief ministers; a Chief minister four times as much as a Great officer; a Great officer twice as much as a scholar of the first class; a scholar of the first class twice as much as one of the middle; a scholar of the middle class twice as much as one of the lowest; the scholars of the lowest class, and such of the common people as were employed about the government offices, had for their emolument as much as was equal to what they would have made by tilling the fields. | | 《·》: | 諸侯之上大夫卿、下大夫、上士、中士、下士，凡五等。 | | There were (also), in the feudal states, Great officers of the highest grade - the ministers; and Great officers of the lowest grade; officers of the highest, the middle, and the lowest grades - in all, five gradations (of office). |
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