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Observe to the documents below. Then refer back to the "Characteristics of Classical and Postclassical China" document to find the correct category. Then label the category into "Set Title" section of your group's response.
When you receive the Imperial commands, fail not to obey them scrupulously. The lord is Heaven, the vassal is Earth. Heaven overspreads, and Earth bears up. When this is so, the four seasons follow their due course, and the powers of Nature obtain their efficacy. If the Earth attempted to overspread, Heaven would simply fall in ruin. Therefore when the lord speaks, the vassal listens; when the superior acts, the inferior complies. Consequently when you receive the Imperial commands, fail not to carry them out scrupulously. Let there be a want of care in this matter and ruin is the natural consequence
Prince Shotoku, The Seventeen Article Constitution, Article III, late 6th century.
Do not let the local nobility levy taxes on the people. There cannot be two lords in a country; the people cannot have tow masters. The sovereign is the sole master of the people and the whole realm, and the officials that he appoints are all his subjects. How can they presume to levy taxes on the people?
Prince Shotoku, The Seventeen Article Constitution, Article XII, late 6th century.
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