A Study On Weights And Measures In Shanxi In Qing Dynasty

Weights and measures play an important role in the development of traditional society.In the Qing dynasty,Shanxi’s economy developed further and trade flourished.Shanxi Merchants gradually became the largest commercial gang in the country.This had an important impact on the economy,politics,society,and culture of the era.Weights and measures were the must-have items of the major ticket and trade names at that time.At the beginning of the Qing dynasty,following the chaotic situation of the end of Ming dynasty,the Shunzhi dynasty began to weigh and adjust the weight,and then the Emperor Kangxi re-examined the weights and measures standard based on the music law.Under the unified management measures promulgated by the court,the weights and measures in Shanxi have not been unified,only Kangxi said "different but identical".During the Qianlong period,the weights and measures system was basically perfect,gradually moving towards uniformity,and forming clear weights and measures standards and utensils.People in Shanxi still use folk weighing and measuring instruments in their social life.Under the standard of official and civilian weighing and weighing ratio issued by the imperial court,they are converted into articles and ministry,and the weighing and weighing have reached the surface unity.Since Jiaqing,the chaos of weights and measures has become more severe.The silver in different regions of Shanxi is different,and the weights are different.That is,the measurement instruments used as the measurement standards are not uniform among the regions,resulting in a lack of fairness in the transaction.Therefore,the Shanxi exchange shop uses its own special weight as the intermediate standard to achieve transactions between merchants The fairness reflects the chaos of measurement and measurement in Shanxi during this period.Through research,it was found that the development of Shanxi Weights and Measures in the Qing dynasty basically conformed to the development trend of weights and measures across the country,that is,after undergoing governance in the early Qing dynasty,the Kangxi period gradually became unified,and began to become chaotic after the middle of the Qing dynasty.