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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

CHINESE

WEIGHTS

=

1 liang

16 liang (tael) make 1 kin

(tael) (catty) =

100 kin

(catty) make 1 tan

120 kin 斤

(catty) make 1 shik

ELLE

=

1.333 oz. avoir., or 37.78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 60453 gramme

(picul): 133-333 lbs. avoir., or 60:453 kilogramme g (stone): 160.000 lbs. avoir., or 72:544 kilogrammes

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Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taels; one hundredweight equals 84 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.

MEASURE OF CAPACITY

1 koh 合(gill)

10 koh

10 sheng

合 make I sheng 升 (pint)

make 1 ton 斗 (peck)

0-103 litre

= 1.031 litre

10.31 litre

1 fun

A

MEASURE OF LENGTH

14 inch English

10 fun

芬 make 1 tsun f (inch)

=

1-41 inch English

10 tsun f make I chih 尺 (foot) 10 chih

=

14-1 inches English

make 1 chang (pole)

= 11 ft. 9 inches English

5 chih

make 1 pú

The length of the Chang is fixed by the Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.

步(pace) = about 5 feet English

360 pú

make 1 li

10 li

250 li

make 1 tu

里 里 wake 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league) 度 (degree)

about English Mile

==

about 31 English Miles

LAND MEASURE

1 chih R

5 chih 尺make i pi 步 24 pú 步make I fun 芬 60 pú步make 1 kioh 角

יו

1

4 kish make 1 mow

100 mow make 1 king L

13.126 inches

30-323 square feet 80.862 square yards 202·156 square yards 26-73 square poles

= 16.7 acres

The Mow, which is the unit of measurement, is almost exactly one-sixth of an acre. Weights and measures in China vary in every province and almost every district, and differ in the same districts for different kinds of goods. The words picul, catty, tael, mace, and candareen are not Chinese.

MONEY

1 li 釐 (cash)

10 li 釐 make l fèn

10 fén

(candareen)

芬 make 1 ch'ien 錢(mace)

10 chien 錢 make 1 liang 兩(tael)

The Tael may be taken as worth one and a third silver dollar.

032 of a penny -32 of a penny

3.2 pence

2s. 8d.