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侯服
hóu​fú

houfu

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侯服 hóu​fú houfu

(literary) One of the five zones of territorial administration in ancient China, located outside the royal capital; in the Xia dynasty system it was 1,000 li away, while in the Zhou system it was 500 li away.

References

see 侯服/侯服 → 五服/五服
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