In China, since priests were given the privilege of exemption from yoeki (corvee under the Ritsuryo system [a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code]), some people became priests in order to avoid the yoeki.
中国では僧人に対して徭役免除の特権が付与されたため、徭役逃れのための出家者を見るようになった。