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The basic units of measurement remained stable over the Qin and Han periods. A bronze imperial standard measure, dated AD 9, had been preserved at the Imperial Palace in Beijing and came to light in 1924. This has allowed very accurate conversions to modern measurements, which has provided a new and
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extremely useful additional tool in the identification of place names and routes. These measurements have been confirmed in many ways including the discovery of a number of rulers found at archaeological sites, and careful measurements of distances between known points. The Han
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will always refer to the longer traditional unit and not to either the shorter unit or the kilometer. This traditional unit, in terms of historical usage and distance proportion, can be considered the
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500–600 m), but later evolved to denote the distance that a person carrying a load would aim to cover on mountain roads in one hour. Thus, there had been various
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is almost never used. Nonetheless, its appearance in many phrases and sayings means that "kilometer" must always be specified by saying
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as 36 chō, allowing other variants, and the Japanese government adopted this last definition in 1891. The Japanese
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in 1984. A place was made within this for the traditional units, which were restandardized to metric values. A modern
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reinstituted the traditional units as a measure of anti-imperialism and cultural pride before officially adopting the
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was calculated by Dubs to be 415.8 metres and all indications are that this is a precise and reliable determination.
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Science and Civilization in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics
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and commonly rendered as "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" in fact refers to a thousand
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to 1,800. This had a value of 2115 feet or 644.6 meters. In addition, the Qing added a longer unit called the
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appears in many Chinese sayings, locations, and proverbs as an indicator of great distances or the exotic:
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makes it distinguishable to speakers of Chinese, but unless specifically noted otherwise, any reference to
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of an earlier era in Japan was thus true to Chinese length, corresponding to six chō (
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six hundred years later. Although the value varied from state to state during the
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has varied considerably over time but was usually about one third of an English
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was sometimes altered. To add further complexity, under the Qin dynasty, the
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is thus set at exactly half a kilometer (500 meters). However, unlike the
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which is still frequently preferred in daily use over the kilogram, the
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Although the Chinese unit was unofficially used in Japan since the
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for more on "thousand-li horse" including North Korean Chollima
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The basic Chinese traditional unit of distance was the
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was subsequently changed from 6 to 5, shortening the
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of about 576 meters became (with other changes) the
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As its value changed over time, so did the 177: 8: 352:was reputed to have been established by the 208:and now has a standardized length of a half- 1051:, the approximate longitudinal span of the 893: 2122:History of science and technology in China 1469: 1400: 1266: 1247: 1233: 1225: 1206:(1961). "Han measures". A. F. P. Hulsewé, 1019:currently in use is a unit taken from the 898:'three li village') is an area in 836:and Hualiu (驊騮) – are all referred to as " 455:, which was standardized at 415.8 meters. 288:, but it is used much less commonly. This 129:Learn how and when to remove this message 465: 1210:, Vol. XLIX, Livre 3, pp. 206–207. 1126: 1047:, which roughly corresponds to 1,200 235:combines the characters for "field" ( 7: 762:is the "Ten-Thousand-Li Long Wall" ( 67:adding citations to reliable sources 27:Traditional Chinese unit of distance 958:of 36, 40, and 48 chō. In the 224:). This is then divided into 1,500 149:from 1588; each grid square is 400 1277:International System of Units (SI) 274:) that indicates a unit of length 25: 653:These changes were undone by the 974:was, at that time, fixed to the 346:traditional Chinese measurements 255:required to cover the distance. 43: 1078:in North Korean Romanization). 669:at all but only the kilometer ( 54:needs additional citations for 888: 784: 775: 767: 623:was approximately 323 meters. 398:s. In addition, the number of 1: 1287:US customary units (USCS/USC) 1099:Japanese units of measurement 951: 915:Japanese units of measurement 870:(Chinese: 安康五里铺机场), Shaanxi. 638:was increased from 1,500 per 300:prefix in metric units, thus 1163:Hulsewé (1961), pp. 206–207. 1088:Chinese units of measurement 308:, límǐ) for centimeter. 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