Treatise on Armament Technology, Volume 55

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...muA unit of land area, approximately 1/6th of an acre., 1 fenIn land measurement, 1/10th of a mu., 8 liIn land measurement, 1/100th of a mu., and a fraction; the grain tax is 389,992 shiA unit of dry volume for grain, roughly equivalent to 100 liters., 3 dou1/10th of a shi., 3 sheng1/100th of a shi., 3 shao1/10,000th of a shi., and a fraction.

Guizhou Regional Military Commission

The original quota Yuan’e: the baseline tax or land allocation established during the early years of the Ming dynasty. of military-agricultural land Tuntian: state-owned land worked by soldiers to make the military self-sufficient. was 9,339 qingOne qing is approximately 15 acres., 29 mu, and 3 fen.

The current recorded amount Jian’e: the actual amount of land currently registered and verified for taxation in the official ledgers at the time of publication. of military-agricultural land is 392,111 mu, 6 fen, 1 li, and a fraction; the grain tax is 93,811 shi, 7 dou, 4 sheng, 3 ge1/1,000th of a shi., 6 shao, and a fraction.

Liaodong Regional Military Commission