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The Confucian classic Book of Documents describes a method of policy-making combining five inputs—the king, the ministers, the people, and two forms of divination—with a list of how to resolve discrepancies between them. Was this method commonly used in imperial China?

by /u/AbouBenAdhem in /r/AskHistorians

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