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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

CHINESE

WEIGHTS

1 liang

(tael)

16 liang (tael) make 1 kin

(catty)

100 kin

(catty) make 1 tan

(picul)

120 kin

(catty) make 1 shik (stone)

=

1:333 oz. avoir., or 37-78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604-53 grammes 133:333 lbs. avoir., or 60-453 kilogramme;

160-000 lbs. avoir., or 72:544 kilogramme

Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taels; one hundredweight equals 81 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.

MEASURE OF CAPACITY

1 koh 合(gill)

= 0.103 litre

10 koh

make 1 sheng

(pint)

= 1.031 litre

10 sheng

make 1 ton

(peck)

= 10-31 litres

MEASURE OF LENGTH

1. fun

A

14 inch English

10 fun

芬 make 1 tsun

f (inch) =

1.41 inch English

10 tsun

make 1 chih

尺

(foot)

141 inches English

10 chih

make 1 chang (pole) 11 ft. 9 inches English

The length of the Chang is fixed by the Treaty of Tientsin at 1-11 inches.

=

5 chih

make 1 pú

步(pace)

about 5 feet English

360 pú

make 1 li

里

about English Mile

10 li

里 wake 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league)

=

about 3 English Miles

230 li

make 1 tu

度 (degree)

LAND MEASURE

1 chih R

5 chih

make 1 pú

24 pú 步make 1. fun 芬

13.126 inches

30-323 square feet

80-862 square yards

60 pú步make 1 kioh 角

4 kioh

100 mow

make 1 mow

make 1 king

202.136 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

10 li

10 fén

10 ch'ien

1 li

make 1 fên

make 1 ch'ien

(casli) (candareen) (mace)

=

032 of a penny 32 of a penny

make 1 liang

(tael)

3.2 pence 2s. 8d.

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