Definition

• A Chinese weight, the pound, which is applied to a cube of gold, each side of which was about an inch square. It is recorded to have been used during the Tchou dynasty, about B.C. 1100.

  The Emperor Wang-Mang (A.H. 9-23 ) re-established it, with a value of ten thou- sand Chien. See Chin.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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