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10 — China: Wang introduced an income tax of ten percent for professionals and skilled laborers
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| KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660 | ChinaHan dynasty 206 BC–220 | JapanYayoi period 300 BC–250 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - Wang introduced an income tax of ten percent for professionals and skilled laborers.
- Wang outlawed the private use of crossbows.
- 8Liu Xin completed a star catalogue and calculated the length of the year.
- 8王莽篡漢，自立為帝，改國號為新。
- 9January — Wang Mang declares his own Xin dynasty (literally "new dynasty")
- 9Wang introduced the well-field system of land distribution and agricultural production.
- 9The slave trade is outlawed
- 12Aboriginals in Zangke Commandery (Guizhou) rebel
- 12Xin forces defeat Goguryeo in battle
- 12Wang Mang extends Xin territory into Qinghai
- 12The slave trade ban is rescinded
- 12Wang abandoned the well-field system under pressure from the aristocracy.
| - No events recorded for this year
| covered from 1607 |