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An administrativecouncil was added (Hyojoshu), the councillors, fifteen or sixteen innumber, being composed, in about equal parts, of men of science andmembers of the great clans. Hakuseki was able to detectthat the conduct of the envoys violated in many respects the rules ofChinese etiquette, and having obtai Article IX. , intolerantof advice or opposition he habitually showed himself, his eldestson's remonstrances were seldom ignored.

and Court nobles, 44,000; those of theMonzeki* temples, 19,000; those of the Court ladies and Imperi *Now represented by Prince Mori. Sadanobu determined to correct this fault. renceto high principle should be rewarded by more than ordinarydistinction; that the petitions and complaints of the poor