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How many grams of "tael, qian, and cent" in Ming Dynasty medical books are in modern times?

It was different in different times, as follows:

Era Ancient dosage Converted to market system

Qin Dynasty One tael 0.5165 city tael

Western Han Dynasty One tael 0.5165 city tael

Eastern Han Dynasty One tael 0.4455 city tael

Sui-Tang Dynasty One tael 1.0075 city tael

Song Dynasty One tael 1.1936 city tael

Ming Dynasty One tael 1.1936 city tael

Qing Dynasty One tael 1.1936 city tael

Qing Dynasty

Ming Dynasty 1 tael 1.1936 city tael

Qing Dynasty 1 tael 1.1940 city tael

And the traditional hexadecimal system with the national standard unit of measurement conversion rate is as follows:

One catty (16 taels) 500g

One city tael 31.25 g

One city cent 3.125 g

One city cent 0.3125 g

One city cent 0.03125 g

When doing so, you can ignore decimal numbers, e.g.: one city cent = 3 g;

Nowadays, it is generally accepted that: one catty = 500 g; one tael = 50 g;