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Ancient China for water is how to measure

Ancient unit of capacity [ancient unit of capacity], the metric of the Qi state office in the Spring and Autumn period, together with six drachms and four buckets. After that, there are also eight and ten ducats system

Qi old four measures: beans, area, kettle, bell ... kettle ten then bell. --Zuo Zhuan - Zhaogong 3 Years

Another example is: Zhongshi (unit of capacity. A bell is subject to six drachms and four buckets, and a stone is subject to ten buckets); Zhong Yu (Zhong and Yu. Two units of capacity); Zhong Yu (Zhong and Yu. Two units of capacity); Zhong Yu (Zhong and Yu. Two units of capacity). Two kinds of capacity units); bell dendrobium (bell and dendrobium. Two ancient units of capacity)