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Exploring Perspectives of Lower Class Individuals and Inhumane Treatment in the Song Dynasty
This chapter discusses the book 'Ink tattooed soldiers and the song empire's penal military complex' by Alad Al-Yagat, which delves into the soldiers' perspective during the Song Dynasty in China. It focuses on the underclass of military personnel, made up of poor, non-hand Chinese convicts who were treated poorly and marked with tattoos. The chapter emphasizes the sad reality of how these soldiers were used and discarded by the state.
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