Soil and grain () was a common political term in East Asia for the state. Altars of soil and grain (millet) were constructed alongside ancestral altars. Local kings performed ceremonies of soil and grain to affirm their sovereignty at Beijing Shejitan and Seoul Sajiktan.A comparative study of thirty city states It has also been rendered "gods of soil and grain" in English, owing to its associations of prayer and supernatural possibilities.Hymes: Way and Byway (Google Books) During the  Warring States period, ministers defied their rulers by claiming a greater loyalty to the "soil and grain".Envisioning eternal empire: Chinese political thought of the Warring States era
Soil and grain () was a common political term in the Sinosphere for the state. Altars of soil and grain (millet) were constructed alongside ancestral altars. Monarchs performed ceremonies of soil and grain to affirm their sovereignty at Beijing Shejitan and Seoul Sajiktan.A comparative study of thirty city states It has also been rendered "gods of soil and grain" in English, owing to its associations of prayer and supernatural possibilities.Hymes: Way and Byway (Google Books) During the Chinese Warring States period, ministers defied their rulers by claiming a greater loyalty to the "soil and grain".Envisioning eternal empire: Chinese political thought of the Warring States era
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East Asia
the Sinosphere
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Local kings
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Chinese