Before the Democratic Reform of 1959 Tibet had long been a society of feudal serfdom under the despotic religion-political rule of lamas and nobles,a society which was darker and more cruel than the European serfdom of the Middle Ages.
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- 1959年民主改革前,西藏長(cháng)期處于政教合一、僧侶和貴族專(zhuān)政的封建農奴制社會(huì ),其黑暗、殘酷比中世紀歐洲的農奴制度有過(guò)之而無(wú)不及。