Chinese historical metrology 1 CHINESE, JAPANESE AND WESTERN RESEARCH IN CHINESE HISTORICAL METROLOGY: A CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY (1925-2012) by Cao Jin Hans Ulrich Vogel Ulrich Theobald with the assistance of Zhang Lihong Zhang Xuejun and Alexeï Volkov Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies Department of Sinology and Korean Studies University of Tübingen / Germany June 2012 Chinese historical metrology 2 Contents Preface .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Abbreviations of Journals and of Collections of Articles ..................................................................... 6 1. General Surveys on the History of Weighing and Measuring in China ........................................... 9 1 a) Monographs ............................................................................................................................... 9 1 b) Articles .................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1. General Surveys on the History of Length Measuring ............................................................ 17 1.2. General Surveys on the History of Capacity Measuring ......................................................... 19 1.3. General Surveys on the History of Weighing .......................................................................... 20 1.4. General Surveys on the History of Area Measuring ................................................................ 22 2. The Pre-Zhou Period ....................................................................................................................... 22 3. The Zhou Period (11th cent. -221 BC) ........................................................................................... 23 3.1. General History of Zhou Period Weighing and Measuring ..................................................... 23 3.2. Zhou Period Length Measuring ............................................................................................... 23 3.3. Western Zhou period (11th cent.-770 BC) Weighing ............................................................. 24 3.4. General History of Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC) Weighing and Measuring ....... 24 3.5. The Warring States period (476-221 BC) ................................................................................ 24 3.5.1. General History of Warring States Period Weighing and Measuring: ............................. 24 3.5.2. Warring States Period Length Measuring ......................................................................... 25 3.5.3. Warring States Period Capacity Measuring ...................................................................... 25 3.5.4. Warring States Period Weighing ...................................................................................... 28 3.5.5. Warring States Period Area Measuring ............................................................................ 29 4. The State of Qin and the Qin Period (221-207 BC) ....................................................................... 30 4.1. General History of Qin Period Weighing and Measuring ....................................................... 30 4.2. Qin Period Length Measuring ................................................................................................. 31 4.3. Qin Period Capacity Measuring............................................................................................... 31 4.4. Qin Period Weighing ............................................................................................................... 33 5. The Han Period (207 BC-220 AD) ................................................................................................. 36 5.1. General History of Han Period Weighing and Measuring ....................................................... 36 5.2. Han Period Length Measuring ................................................................................................. 37 5.3. Han Period Capacity Measuring .............................................................................................. 38 5.4. Han Period Weighing .............................................................................................................. 40 5.5. Han Period Area Measuring .................................................................................................... 42 6. The Interregnum of Wang Mang (Xin Period; 9-25 AD) ............................................................... 42 6.1. General History of Wang Mang Interregnum Measuring and Weighing ................................ 42 6.2. Wang Mang Interregnum Length Measuring .......................................................................... 42 6.3. Wang Mang Interregnum Capacity Measuring ....................................................................... 43 6.4. History of Wang Mang Interregnum Weighing ....................................................................... 44 7. The Period of Disunity (220-589): Three Kingdoms Period (220–280), the Jin Dynasty (265-420) and Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439), and the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589) ....... 45 7.1. General History of Disunity Period Weighing and Measuring ............................................... 45 7.2. Disunity Period Length Measuring .......................................................................................... 45 7.3. Disunity Period Capacity Measuring ....................................................................................... 47 7.4. Disunity Period Area Measuring ............................................................................................. 47 8. The Sui Period (581-618) ............................................................................................................... 47 8.1. Sui Period Length Measuring .................................................................................................. 47 8.2. Sui Period Capacity Measuring ............................................................................................... 48 8.3. Sui Period Weighing ................................................................................................................ 48 9. The Tang (618-907) and Five Dynasties Periods (907-960) .......................................................... 48 9.1. General History of Tang and Five Dynasties Periods Weighing and Measuring .................... 48 Chinese historical metrology 3 9.2. Tang and Five Dynasties Periods Length Measuring .............................................................. 49 9.3. Tang and Five Dynasties Periods Capacity Measuring ........................................................... 50 9.4. Tang and Five Dynasties Periods Weighing ............................................................................ 51 9.5. Tang and Five Dynasties Periods Area Measuring .................................................................. 52 10. The Song Period (960-1279) ........................................................................................................ 52 10.1. General History of Song Period Weighing and Measuring ................................................... 52 10.2. Song Period Length Measuring ............................................................................................. 52 10.3. Song Period Capacity Measuring .......................................................................................... 53 10.4. Song Period Weighing ........................................................................................................... 54 10.5. Song Period Area Measuring ................................................................................................. 56 11. The Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234) Empires ..................................................................... 56 11.1. Liao and Jin Empires Length Measuring ............................................................................... 56 11.2. Liao and Jin Empires Weighing ............................................................................................ 57 11.3. Eastern Xia Empire (1216-1233) Weighing and Measuring ................................................. 57 12. The Western Xia Empire (1038-1227) ......................................................................................... 58 13. The Yuan Period (1271-1368) ...................................................................................................... 58 13.1. General History of Yuan Period Weighing and Measuring ................................................... 58 13.2. Yuan Period Length Measuring ............................................................................................. 58 13.3. Yuan Period Weighing .......................................................................................................... 58 13.4. Yuan Period Area Measuring ................................................................................................ 64 14. The Ming Period (1368-1644) ...................................................................................................... 64 14.1. General History of Ming Period Weighing and Measuring................................................... 64 14.2. Ming Period Length Measuring ............................................................................................. 64 14.3. Ming Period Weighing .........................................................................................................