Up to now,there are still divergent opinions in the academic community regarding the inter-pretation of the term Suanzu(筭卒)in the Dongpailou Eastern Han Dynasty bamboo slips.By analyzing the text and combining it with other literature,especially the Tang-Yi Yuanshou Er-Nian Yaoju Bu(《堂邑元寿二年要具簿》),it can be found that in the Han Dynasty,except for Pilong Wanlao(罢癃晥老)or Dulong Wan-lao(笃癃晥老),Suanzu(筭卒)was Suan Jiazu(筭甲卒).Zu(卒)was interpreted as Jia Zu(甲卒),but usu-ally it was not necessary to conscript for military service,nor was it all about collecting Gengfu(更赋),nor could it be understood as two types of taxes,but rather to determine the number of male soldiers who served in corvee.The term Dulong(笃癃)mentioned in the bamboo slips is roughly synonymous with Feiji(废疾)or Pilong(罢癃),while retaining the semantic meaning of prolonged illness.The Eastern Han Dynasty inher-ited the Western Han Dynasty and also implemented a retirement policy of"An old man over ninety years of age may exempt one of his sons or grandsons from compulsory service".Its meaning is to exempt one of the elderly's sons or grandsons from suanfu(算赋)and corvee.The so-called Suanzu(筭卒)or Suan Jiazu(筭 甲卒)mainly refers to the statistics of adult men who need to bear the burden of corvee.
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