Sheng and He, what is the relationship between these four ancient measurement units?

Shi, bucket, liter, and hexagram are the four units used to measure the volume of solid particles in ancient times. The conversion relationship between them is decimal. Simply put, one stone is equal to ten buckets, which is equal to one hundred liters. Chihe. This is like the most common thing in our daily life, one meter is equal to ten meters, one hundred centimeters is equal to one thousand millimeters, but only meters, decimeters, centimeters, and millimeters are units of length, and stones, buckets, liters, It is just a unit of volume.

When I mentioned this, I also remembered that when I returned to my hometown a few years ago, I saw that a small shop in my hometown was still selling rice, noodles, and even grain, oil, soy sauce, and vinegar in some ancient ways. There are two things that impressed me most. One is that they still use the old age unit of measurement "stone" when asking about food, and the other is that they still use the old age "ti" when selling grain and oil.

In addition, they will also put slogans such as "The balance is equal and the bucket is full" on the wall to indicate the operating regulations of their own canteen, etc. However, there are also people from the same hometown who know the basics. They would come and tell us outsiders that "big buckets go in and small buckets go out". So when we wanted to buy something for our relatives, we would either bring them from the city or find familiar children to replace them. Buy it, of course now it seems that this little naughty thing has become a little fun thing for me to accompany my ancestors back to my hometown to visit relatives.

Of course, inspired by this little anecdote, I also remembered an opening poem that Guo Degang said, which is the one that was written on the Internet as "It is natural for a cart to bear the burden of life." This is doubtful, because whether it is in "Shanglang Dudu Qi" or "Yuewei Cottage Notes: Such I heard four", Dan Shi represents one load of grain, so I personally think it is rough. The word "dandan" in this closing poem should be changed to "dandan" to describe the meaning of hard work and meager income.

It can be seen that in addition to the four units used to measure the volume of solid particles in ancient times, the stone, bucket, liter, and hehe have more and deeper meanings, waiting for us to slowly Excavate.