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 | | While the original "Great King" long retained its uniqueness, thanks to the durability of the Persian monarchy, the title in India experienced a kind of grade inflation, so that eventually there were many, many Mahârâjâs. |
 | | The establishment of Confucianism as the official moral and political ideology of the state was due to the advice of Wu Ti's minister Hung Kung-sun (d.121). |
 | | Interestingly, when the Manchurians came to power, footbinding was prohibited among their own people; but the tyranny of fashion, or the desire to assimilate to the Chinese, meant that the prohibition eroded in practice. |
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