Hi,

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who sent me information on this. 
It has helped me a lot.  :)

Jurai Knight

Dot Warner wrote:

I was finishing up Quantum Destinies chapter 13 when I ran into a little
snag.  What are the units of measurement that were used for distance and
weight in China and Japan before they adopted the Metric system?

I tried searching the Web, but I didn't have much luck.

Here are some Chinese units of measurements (don't take my word for it, though, as the definition may differ)
Distance: Li (about 1/3 of a mile)
Length: Zhang (about 10 feet)
Weight: Liang (also used in currency, 1 tael, whatever that means)
Volume (dry): Shi (50 liters of milled rice)
Dou (one tenth of a Shi)
Area: Mu (1/15 of a hectacre)
Time: Jing (used to mark night time by a man striking either bamboo sticks or a small gong...one night has 6 Jing, I think)
The day is divided into twelve sections beginning at 11 p.m. (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mou, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai), and further divided into Beginning (Chu) and Middle (Zheng) portions.  So, for example, 7:00 a.m. would be Chen Chu, whereas noon would be Wu Zheng.  Still used in some parts of China, I think.

For more, go to http://www.riceweb.org/Convertabs.htm
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