A. Members of political parties who expected to earn government jobs from their party's elected office holders.
A) Bias
noun
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Answer:
It contributed elements of Confucian statecraft and popular Confucian religion, as well as Confucian ethics in family and personal relations, to the surrounding states.
First of all, the passage mentions street children by saying "children pitching pennies" and "kicks and cuffs are their daily diet". Also, pollution is touched in this passage as it mentions "summer stenches" which are bad smells that come because of urbanization and the drains that have foul smells (hence they mention "sink"). We also see how neighborhood noises and noisy people from all around the area show up in urbanized areas because of cramped spaces. Hence, quarreling is mentioned here as well as instances of profanity.