What is the meaning of the township contract?

(1) "township covenant" is the neighboring townspeople exhort each other to *** with the observance of the purpose of mutual assistance and relief for a system.

Used to say the township rules and regulations. Apply to the township local statute. Song Shi - Lv Dafeng biography: "(Lv's) tasted for the "township covenant" said: 'Where the same covenant, the virtue of the industry to advise each other, the faults of each other rules, etiquette and customs of each other, in times of trouble and sympathy.'" Ming Shen Defu "wild access to the editorial addendum - word forest - squire different law": "(Luo Yifeng) not a few resumed his official duties, please tell Riju, set up a township covenant to rectify the customs, its law is very strict, no one dares not comply." (The Outer History of the Confucian Forest), Round 48: "(Wang Yuhui) wanted to compile three books to benefit the students. Mr. Yu said, 'What are those three books?' Mr. Yu said, 'Which three?' Wang Yuhui said, 'A book of rites, a book of characters, and a book of country covenant.'"

(2) It refers to the person who is in charge of affairs in the township by official order.

The Sixth History of Confucianism: "The patriarch, Yan Zhenxian, is the township covenant of the twelve capitals in the city."