In Qing dynasty, the promulgating and reinforcing the decrees of hair-cutting, hair-wearing and braid-cutting were all closely related to braid and hair.
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即使你的辫发松散,即使你的发缝没有分直,即使你衷衣的丝带没有系好,都不要管它。
If your braided hair has loosened, if the parting of your hair be not straight, if the ribbons of your bodice be not fastened, do not mind.
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这虽然似乎是一件小事,而对于我这个还拖着两条辫发的孩子,简直等于是一种滑稽的刑罚呢!
Though it was a trivial matter, yet to a little matter, yet to a little girl like me with two treasured short braids, it was a good as a ludicrous form of punishment!