At ancient times, Chinese calligraphy was already t mature art.

中国书法在古代已经是一门成熟的艺术。

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Along the same lines, there was an ancient world equivalent of the hire-an-assistant-of-whom-your-spouse-can 't-be-jealous wisdom.

同样，还有一条古代智慧这样说“雇佣不会让配偶吃醋的助手”。

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In the words of Zhang Rongshen, because of the special arduousness of salt production, salt industry in ancient China became the profession people wouldn′t like to be engaged in.

通州盐区； 灶户； 劳动力； 由于盐业生产的特殊艰苦性。 使盐业在中国古代成为人们不情愿从业的行业。

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Now, I don't know how far back it goes but it must be that in ancient times some people would say, all right you're going to be doing more work or you're contributing more to this enterprise, we'll give you a bigger share of the profits.

我不知道这能追溯到什么时候,但在古时候肯定有人说,好吧,你比别人干得多,你对公司的贡献更大,我们会把收入的大头给你

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So when you see the word "book" in ancient Greek or Latin, they didn't think of this. They thought of scrolls.

当看到古希腊语或拉丁语的书这个字，他们不会想到这个，他们会想到书卷。

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And it became common to reject any ancient story that wasn't really nailed down very, very firmly by some device.

越来越多的人开始不相信那些远古的故事,因为它们没有确凿的证据和可靠的说法

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