What Does "自古以来盛世皆是轻徭薄税" (zì gǔ yǐ lái shèng shì jiē shì qīng yáo báo shuì) Mean?

zì自gǔ古yǐ以lái来shèng盛shì世jiē皆shì是qīng轻yáo徭báo薄shuì税

periods of prosperity are built on minimal taxation and corvée labor.

HSK Vocabulary

皆H7 是H1 轻H4 薄H5 税H5

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E5

Clip Timestamp

16:59

TMDB ID

239901

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	运势一泻千里依我看哪	yùn shì yí xiè qiān lǐ yī wǒ kàn nǎ	our fortunes taking a nosedive. In my opinion, historically,
2▶	自古以来盛世皆是轻徭薄税	zì gǔ yǐ lái shèng shì jiē shì qīng yáo báo shuì	periods of prosperity are built on minimal taxation and corvée labor.
3	它没有什么乱七八糟的赋税田亩税也较合理	tā méi yǒu shén me luàn qī bā zāo de fù shuì tián mǔ shuì yě jiào hé lǐ	There were no miscellaneous charges, and the land tax was reasonable.

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留得青山在不怕没柴烧看来城主说得是对的

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留得青山在不怕没柴烧看来城主说得是对的

liú dé qīng shān zài bù pà méi chái shāo kàn lái chéng zhǔ shuō dé shì duì deWhere there is life, there is hope. I guess the governor is right.

你和城主是不是有什么计划没告诉我

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你和城主是不是有什么计划没告诉我

nǐ hé chéng zhǔ shì bú shì yǒu shén me jì huà méi gào sù wǒDo you and the governor have some plan you didn't tell me about?

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其实是这样

qí shí shì zhè yàngActually, it's like this.

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我知道了谢谢你

wǒ zhī dào le xiè xiè nǐI got it. Thank you.

你没有什么想知道的吗我知道可多了

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你没有什么想知道的吗我知道可多了

nǐ méi yǒu shén me xiǎng zhī dào de ma wǒ zhī dào kě duō leNothing else you want to know? I know a lot!

现在好了保护范云的人又多了一个

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现在好了保护范云的人又多了一个

xiàn zài hǎo le bǎo hù fàn yún de rén yòu duō le yí gèNice. There's another person protecting Fan Yun.

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身体不舒服

shēn tǐ bù shū fúNot feeling well?

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我也不知道估计没什么大碍

wǒ yě bù zhī dào gū jì méi shén me dà àiI don't know either. Probably nothing serious.

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我喂的药不管用是吧赶紧喝

wǒ wèi de yào bù guǎn yòng shì ba gǎn jǐn hēDoes the medicine I feed you not work? Drink it now.

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tài nán hē leYuck, it tastes awful.

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卫姑娘我想让你帮我一个忙

wèi gū niáng wǒ xiǎng ràng nǐ bāng wǒ yí gè mángMiss Wei, could you do me a favor?

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而且城主也不能同意呀

ér qiě chéng zhǔ yě bù néng tóng yì yaand the governor wouldn't agree.

反正我这一次管不了是城主还是谁了

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反正我这一次管不了是城主还是谁了

fǎn zhèng wǒ zhè yī cì guǎn bù liǎo shì chéng zhǔ hái shì shuí leAnyway, this time, no one can stop me.

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你帮帮我吧你这忙我帮不了你

nǐ bāng bāng wǒ ba nǐ zhè máng wǒ bāng bù liǎo nǐPlease help me. I can't help you with this.

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不知道你感不感兴趣

bù zhī dào nǐ gǎn bù gǎn xìng qùI wonder if you're interested.

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我要城主给你的出入腰牌拿去

wǒ yào chéng zhǔ gěi nǐ de chū rù yāo pái ná qùI want the access badge the governor gave you. Here you go!

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查出是谁买了私塾吗

chá chū shì shuí mǎi le sī shú maDid you find out who bought the school?

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他好像没有再出售的意思

tā hǎo xiàng méi yǒu zài chū shòu de yì sidon't seem to want to sell it.

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城主还有一件小事

chéng zhǔ hái yǒu yī jiàn xiǎo shìYour Excellency, there is another small matter.

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就不要碍人眼目那颜绛呢

jiù bú yào ài rén yǎn mù nà yán jiàng neand decided not to get in the way. Where is Yan Jiang?