Post #7 Form A

“The rebel province was overcome by the imperial army’s attack. The King of Qi was brought to the Capital in chains. A decree from the sovereign stripped him of his position, his title, and his nobility. Now deposed, reduced to the state of a commoner and imprisoned, he received the order to commit suicide.” (73) This is a major cultural difference for a ton of reasons. First, we don’t really chain people up anymore. People are handcuffed but the way it’s phrased in this sentence it sounds like more than just handcuffs. Secondly, in the US at least, we don’t really have ‘nobility’ nor do we give orders to commit suicide. And even if the order to commit suicide was given to someone, it is very unlikely that they would carry it out unlike in ancient China.