Chinese Sui and Tang Weights and Measures

Sui: 1 stone = 4 jun, 1 jun = 30 catties, 1 jin = 16 taels, 1 tael = 24 baht

Big:

Unified conversion (gram) 1 stone = 79320, 1 jun = 19830, 1 jin = 6611 taels = 41.3

Small:

Unified conversion (gram) 1 stone = 26400, 1 jun = 6600, 1 jin = 220, 1 tael = 13.8

Tang: 1 stone = 4 jun, 1 jun = 30 catties, 1 jin = 16 taels, 1 tael = 24 baht

Unified conversion (gram) 1 stone = 79320, 1 jin = 661, 1 tael = 41.3,

Sui: 1 Hu = 10, 1 bucket = 10 liters, 1 liter = 10 he

Kaihuang: Unified conversion (ml) 1 Hu = 60000, 1 bucket = 6000, 1 liter = 600

1 in = 60

Daye: Unified conversion (ml) 1 Hu = 20000, 1 bucket = 2000, 1 liter = 200

1 in = 20

Tang: 1 Hu = 10 buckets, 1 bucket = 10 liters, 1 liter = 10 he

Large: Unified conversion (ml) 1 Hu = 60000, 1 bucket = 6000, 1 liter = 600

Uniform conversion (ml) 1 in = 60

Small:

Unified conversion (ml) 1 Hu = 20000, 1 bucket = 2000, 1 liter = 200

Uniform conversion (ml) 1 in = 20

Sui: 1 zhang = 10 feet, 1 foot = 10 inches, 1 inch = 10 points

Unified conversion (cm) 1 zhang = 296, 1 foot = 29.6

Tang: 1 zhang = 10 feet, 1 foot = 10 inches, 1 inch = 10 points

Uniform conversion (cm) small ruler: 1 zhang = 300, 1 foot = 30, 1 inch = 31 minutes = 0.3

Unified conversion (cm) size: 1 zhang = 3601 feet = 361 inches = 3.6

Most of the weights and measures in the Sui and Tang dynasties have two sizes, and sometimes there are many differences, especially the weights and measures in the Kaihuang and Daye years of the Sui Dynasty are very different. The weights and measures in this book are basically the weights and measures of Kaihuang, because the weights and measures of the great cause are very different from the weights and measures of the previous and subsequent dynasties. For example, one stone, we use one stone, four jun, one hundred and twenty catties, that is, about seventy-nine kilograms now. Instead of 120 catties as everyone used to think that it was 60 kilograms, 79 kilograms is nearly 80,000 grams.

According to the history books, an adult man in the Sui Dynasty consumed about seven stones of grain a year, that is to say, the grain he consumed a year was 560 kilograms, an average of two kilograms per day, that is, our current four catties, I feel a little low, but think about the ancient food has always been in short supply, there will not be much waste, plus most of the ancient people were two meals a day, four catties of food a day is about the same. After all, in addition to food, there will also be some supplements in vegetables