gǔ dài / zhèng fǔ / cháng / yǐ / zhēng shí / de / fāng shì / shōu qǔ / liáng shí / zuò wéi / shuì shōu古代政府常以征实的方式收取粮食作为税收。In ancient times, governments often collected grain as tax through levies in kind.