..... The ancestors' old system, the money and wine in the state and county envoys' storehouse (1), was designed to support the scholar-officials who came to Beijing to travel with them. The thickness of feedback depends on the level of its official products and the number of wives. This loss is more than enough to make up, and Zhou is anxious not to continue to get rich. It's about good neighborliness, but it's actually just the legacy of wine, trading with each other and paying back public funds. You will be punished if you use it privately. In the first year of Zhiping, Chen Xiliang of Fengxiang House surrendered. He once used the wine of neighboring ministers for private use, demoted Shao Qing too often, and divided it into Xijing. However, it is strictly forbidden: the minister's wine is an inheritance, and it is not allowed for private use and is included in public funds. Later, the ancestors had no choice but to sit in their seats and left 300 small bottles of minister wine for their relatives, so they were allowed to place scattered officials by the straight bachelor, and the situation was different. Therefore, all the wines in the neighboring counties belong to public funds, and I can easily answer that I dare not drink a bottle myself.
-Excerpted from [Song] Wang Yi's Records of Yi Yan Ji Mou.
Note ① Minister's Library: an institution specially set up for local officials in Song Dynasty. (2) Children of the deceased. (3) public funds [TNG]: In ancient times, it refers to the state treasury that collects money. 4 ancestors had no choice: name. ⑤ Sit: Because, because.
(translation)
Under the old system of ancestors, state and county officials sent money and wine to officials who came to Beijing to make peace, and they went on strike as travel expenses. The thickness of the gift depends on his official position and the number of his wife and children. This means that the loss is more than enough, and it also means that the snow is rich in charcoal. His research got along well with neighboring countries, but exchanged wine with each other and then returned to public funds. If it is for personal use, there will be punishment. In the first year of Zhiping, I learned that Fengxiang House had surrendered to Chen Xiliang and had been relegated to Xijing, so I reiterated its prohibition: no wine should be given to each other for private use and entered public property. Since then, Zu had no choice but to give a small bottle of wine to his relatives, so he was awarded the placement of scattered officials from the straight bachelor, not to mention the others. As a result, successive counties have found a butler who drinks in a neighboring county, changed the answer, and dared not drink a bottle.
Baidu classical Chinese translation