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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
BREAKING LAMAS' POWERS 373
villagers themselves, and were to be removable by the
villagers if they acted unjustly. Under each-district official
4i (presumably a Chinaman) were to be three Chinese and
it three Tibetans, to be jointly responsible for the collection
of the land tax and the hearing of suits, and all six of
them were to know both the Chinese and 'Tibetan
languages. The land tax (payable in cash), according to
to the fertility of the land, was to be 40, 30, or 20 per cent.
of the total yield, which is considerably higher than the
kk land tax in British India. Officials in future were to pay
im for their transport—a very wise and necessary provision.
it Highway robbery was to be punishable with death, whether
pi anyone was killed or not. The gross ignorance of the
dl tribesmen having led to the murder of Feng and the
French priests, a Government school would be established
9k which all boys from the ages of five or six would have to
attend. The barbarous methods of burial practised by the
tribesmen were to be abolished. Habits of cleanliness were
ks inculcated. Adult men and women were urged to wear
trousers in the interests of morality, and children were to
ik be compelled to wear them. Each family was to take a
surname. Slavery was to be abolished. The people were
warned against smoking opium. The streets were to be
properly scavenged, urinals erected, and cemeteries were
to be made in low-lying places, and not on high ground.
â► Thus in every detail did Chao determine to make
Batang a component part of China. But the most signifi-
cant portion of the regulation is that relating to the Lamas.
The Ting Ling Monastery had been razed to the ground.
Orthodox temples would be constructed by officials, but
no other places of worship would be allowed, and no Lamas
would be permitted to reside even in these. Those Lamas
who took no part in the late disturbances might continue
to reside in the country villages, and such of them as
wished would be permitted to quit their habit. What
those Lamas who did take part in the disturbances might
do is not mentioned. The number of Lamas in each
temple was not to exceed 300, and a register was to be
kept of the names and ages of the Lamas of each temple.
Temple lands were to pay land taxes like other land,
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