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The Tang Dynasty

You're Dead to Me

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Dance Dogs, the Pear Garden Trooper

If you were the emperor, what animal would you have danced for you? I think dancing dogs are really funny and also very creepy at the same time. A dog on hind leg is just like, it always reminds me of that part an animal farm where the pigs start walking on two legs. It's very creepy when dogs do that too. The other thing was that emperor wol used buddhism quite extensively to legitimize her own rule. Andso if you found a way to declare yourself part of the buddhist church, then you could get a tax exemption. That's the first time i've heard buddhism used in a selfish way. Ha, ha.

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