Basic units and prices

Length:

1 citation = 10 zhang, 1 zhang = 10 feet, 1 foot = 10 inches, 1 inch = 10 points;

1 mile = 300 steps, 1 step = 6 feet

1 citation = 2340 cm, 1 zhang = 234 cm, 1 ruler = 23.4 cm, 1 inch = 2.34 cm, 1 point = 0.234 cm 1 zhang

1 mile = 420 meters, 1 step = 140 centimeters

Weight:

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

1 stone = 29760 grams, 1 jun = 7440 grams, 1 jin = 248 grams, 1 tael = 15.5 grams, 1 baht = 0.65

Volume:

1 Hu (stone) = 10 buckets, 1 bucket = 10 liters, 1 liter = 10 he,

1 in = 2 pinch, 1 in = 5 pinch

1 Hu = 20,000 ml, 1 bucket = 2,000 ml, 1 liter = 200 ml, 1 in = 20 ml,

1 pinch = 10 ml, 1 pinch = 2 ml, 1 gui = 0.5 ml

1 stone of rice = 18.5 kg, 1 stone of millet = 14 kg, 1 stone of barley = 13 kg, 1 stone of wheat = 13~~14 kg

Area:

Eastern Han Dynasty 1 small mu = 100 steps = 196 square meters, Eastern Han Dynasty 1 large mu = 240 steps = 470 square meters, 1 mu = 666.6667 square meters,

1 mu = 1.40 large mu of the Eastern Han Dynasty = 3.4 small mu of the Eastern Han Dynasty,

1 Eastern Han Dynasty small mu = 0.4167 Eastern Han Dynasty large mu = 0.2906 mu,

1. Eastern Han Dynasty large mu = 2.4 Eastern Han Dynasty small mu = 0.7096 mu

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Fields and Houses:

Plastered fertile land = mu / 1~12,000 yuan

Medium land = mu / 1000 ~ 4000 money

Border plugs, deserts, barren land = mu / 100 ~ 300 money

Deluxe = seat/million dollars or more

Better house = seat / 4~170,000 yuan

Ordinary house = seat / 1~30,000 yuan

Inferior house = seat / 3000 ~ 5000 money

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Food:

Staple food:

1 stone = 1 dendney

1 stone of rice = about 17~20 kg, 1 stone of rice = about 13~15 kg

Liang rice (fine millet) = stone / about 400 money

Millet (yellow rice) = stone / about 300 gold

Barley = stone / about 220 gold

Corn (millet) = stone / around 220 gold

Valley = stone / about 220 money

Tempeh = stone / around 500 gold

10 catties of meat ≈ 1 stone valley (the price of 10 catties of meat combined with 1 stone valley is recorded)

Non-staple food:

Alcohol = bucket / 50 money

Rice wine = bucket / 30 money

Wine = bucket / 10 money

= book/30~50 money

Beef = catty / 20 money

Pig and mutton = catty / 14~16 money

Salt = stone / 800 money

1 person goes to a restaurant for a light meal = 30 yuan

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Livestock:

Ploughing horses, chariots and horses = horses / 8000 ~ 20000 money

War horse = horse/2~100,000 money

Good horse = horse/200,000 or more

Cattle = head / 4000 ~ 8000 money

Pig = head / 600 ~ 1800 money

Sheep = only / 300 ~ 500 money

Hip dogs, fighting dogs = only / 1~300,000 yuan

Military dogs, hunting dogs = only / 1200 ~ 2000 money

Ordinary dogs (meat consumption) = only / 200 ~ 240 money

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Clothing:

Material price: There are several kinds of fabrics, such as cloth, silk, silk, plain, and practice. Cloth is a linen fabric, which is the cheapest raw material for Han people's clothing. Silk is an ordinary silk fabric, and its price is slightly more expensive than cloth. Silk is silk, which is a fine and colorful silk, and its price is expensive, which is no longer worn by ordinary people. The white of the silk is more expensive than the silk. Practice is a precious variety of silk, and it is the most expensive in the cloth. 1 piece of cloth is 2 feet 2 inches (51.5 cm) wide and 4 zhang (9.36 m) long.

Linen = horse/250~600 money

Silk silk = horse/700~1000 money

缣 (silk) = horse/1200~1400 money

Vegetarian (white silk) = horse/1400~1600 money

Lian (fine silk) = horse/2000~2800 money

Garment Price:

Cloth clothes = pieces / 200 ~ 500 money

Single clothes = pieces / 350 ~ 700 money

Raid (short jacket) = piece / 450 gold

Cloth robe = piece / 380 ~ 400 money

Brocade robe = piece / 1800 ~ 2500 money

Hakama (pants) = pieces / 500~1100 gold

Bast shoes = pair/30~40 money

Socks = double / 15 ~ 25 money

Silk, silk, fur sweater = piece/2000~6000 money

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Utensils:

Weapons:

100 steel knives = 9000 ~ 15000 money

Fifty steel-making swords = one / 7000 ~ 10000 money

Military sword = / 700 ~ 900 money

Military knives = / 660 ~ 800 money

Bow = put / 500 ~ 600 money

Crossbow = put /2000~20000 money

Bow and arrow = branch/10 money

Crossbow bolt = branch/9 gold

Armor = set / 6800 ~ 8200 money

Vest = set / 7100 ~ 8600 money

Tool:

Craftsman's knife = / 200 ~ 300 money

Firewood knife, kitchen knife = / 40 ~ 100 money

Bronze = Jin / 60 ~ 80 money

Iron = Jin / 16 ~ 25 money

Tile bowl = pcs/70~100 money

Simple oxen, horse-drawn carriage = car/2600~4000 money

Cars = 1~20,000 yuan

Other:

Grass gourd, pu gourd = Zhang/150 money

Hemp = Jin / 10 money

刍 = bundle / 3 — 6 money

Manuscript = bundle / 2 — 4 money

Coffin = mouth / 1500 ~ 3000 money

Divination cost = times / about 100 money

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Slave Price:

Beautiful maid, strong slave = person / 2~30,000 money

Ordinary slaves and maids = people / 1~20,000 yuan

Salary:

Personal helper's salary = person-month / 200~400 money (including food)

Personal helper's salary = per person-month/400~800 money (excluding food)

Government wages = person-months / 2,000 dollars

Different times, different regions, different types of work, and different ages and physiques of the helpers will affect the wages, so there is a big gap between the wages in the Chinese and the literature.

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Wedding Expenses:

The emperor married the empress with the largest dowry, generally 20,000 catties of gold, equivalent to 20,000 yuan in currency; The bride price of the emperor to marry a concubine is about 40 million yuan, which is one-fifth of the bride price for marrying the empress; The bride price of the princes and kings marrying the queen varies, generally millions of dollars; The princess's dowry can reach millions or even tens of millions, and the less will not be less than two or three hundred thousand.

As far as high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen are concerned, the amount of their dowry is lower than that of members of the imperial family, such as Dong Zhuo marrying a wife, hiring a chariot for 100 rides, "20 horses, and slaves and maids to fill the road", which is equivalent to more than 1.6 million yuan in currency, which is a special case. In general, the bride price of a male member to marry a wife is between hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars; The dowry of the average female member is mostly two or three hundred thousand yuan, and the highest can be several million yuan.

As far as small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized officials are concerned, the amount of their retainer is lower than that of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. Dongfang Shuo's bride price for marrying a wife is about 100,000 yuan, which should be the upper limit of the bride price for small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized officials; In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Shi Zhanyun's bride price for marrying a wife was 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, which should be the lower limit of the bride price for small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized officials. The dowry of the average female member is worth about 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.

In the case of small farmers, small craftsmen and civilians, their household assets range from tens of thousands to more than 100,000 yuan. In general, the amount of the bride price of a male member will not exceed the total amount of his family assets, and it should be between more than 10,000 and tens of thousands of dollars. The dowry of an average female member is worth about 2,000 yuan.

The cost of wedding banquets: The price of wine in the Han Dynasty was generally about 30 yuan per bucket, and people in the Han Dynasty generally drank one bucket to several buckets, and there were many people who went to the stone. If there are 20 guests on the wedding day, you will have to spend more than 2,000 yuan on alcohol alone. The price of meat in the Han Dynasty was generally more than 10 yuan a catty, and if the wedding banquet used 50 catties of meat, it would cost 7 or 800 yuan. Add in the cost of food consumption, and the cost of the wedding banquet will definitely exceed four or five thousand dollars.

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Military

Each soldier's food consumption = 1.8 stones/month, 21.6 stones/year, or 4,220 yuan/year;

Salt consumption per soldier = 3 liters/month, 3.6 buckets/year, or 144 money/year.

Clothing per soldier = 3,400 money/year

Each soldier lives on about 8,000 yuan a year

The grain consumption of each war horse = 3.3 stones/month, 39.6 stones/year, or 7920 yuan/year.

Funeral expenses = person / 3400 money

General's pension = person / 10~600,000 yuan.