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Ancient Classics -> Shang Shu -> Yu Shu -> Canon of Shun -> 12

The Di said,
皋陶 'Gao-Yao,
the barbarous tribes trouble our great land.
There are (also) robbers, murderers, insurgents, and traitors.
It is yours, as the Minister of Crime,
to use the five punishments to deal with their offences.
For the infliction of these there are the three appointed places.
There are the five cases in which banishment in the appropriate places is to be resorted to,
to which places, though five, three localities are assigned.
!”Perform your duties with intelligence, and you will secure a sincere (submission).'


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