The correct answer to this open question is the following.
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Based on the excerpt, the purpose for which the Ming government created the pamphlet for its people in the late 16th century was the following.
The Ming Dynasty was very strict and refined. So it published this pamphlet where the government established clear rules and regulations for the families in the Empire.
The excerpt includes the behavior of women, the relationships between men and women, and the relationship between family members.
The pamphlet recommends no to have descendants from the same bloodline because it can create problems in children.
It also includes the idea that family should take care of what they say and to whom when it referred to low-class women that could create gossips about a member of the family.
