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...[taels], 5 maceQian: a unit of weight for silver, equal to 1/10th of a tael., 8 fenIn currency, 1/100th of a tael., and a fraction; fodder is 2,378,052 bundlesShu: a standard unit for quantifying livestock feed such as straw or hay. and a fraction; the silver value for fodder is 258 taelsLiang: the standard unit of silver currency by weight, approximately 37 grams., 5 mace, 9 fen, 3 liIn currency, 1/1,000th of a tael., and a fraction; the land-tax grain is 2,462 shiA unit of dry volume for grain, roughly equivalent to 100 liters., 6 dou1/10th of a shi., 8 sheng1/100th of a shi., 1 he1/1,000th of a shi., 2 shao1/10,000th of a shi., and a fraction; the land-tax silver is 10,779 taels, 4 mace, 7 fen, 6 li, and a fraction.
The original quota Yuan’e: the baseline tax or land allocation established during the early years of the dynasty. of military-agricultural land Tuntian: state-owned land worked by soldiers to make the military self-sufficient. was 10,877 qingOne qing is approximately 15 acres. Note: the original text uses the variant character 項 (xiang) for the unit 頃 (qing)., 43 muA unit of land area, approximately 1/6th of an acre., and 3 fenIn land measurement, 1/10th of a mu..
The current recorded amount Jian’e: the updated total of land currently registered and taxable at the time of this record. of military-agricultural land is 1,117,654... The text continues on the next page with the specific sub-units for this large figure.