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Inaction (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Taoist adviser's whole policy for a state of seventy cities — give the people a rest — and it made the best-rated administration in the Han empire.

Informer (n.) under ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Ch'in was rewarded like a soldier who killed an enemy, and shielding a criminal punished like surrender.