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Thezhang(Chinese:Trượng) is a customaryChinese unit of lengthequal to 10chi(Chinese feet).[1][2]Its value varied over time and place with different values of the chi, although it was occasionally standardized. In 1915, theRepublic of Chinaset it equal to about 3.2metersor 3.50yards.In 1930, this was revised to an exact value of 3⅓meters(about 3.645yd).
It is not commonly used inmainland Chinatoday but appears intraditional Chinese architecture,where it was commonly used to measurebays.
InJapanese units of measurement,thejō(Trượng)is equivalent to tenshaku,or 3.03 meters.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^United States Joint Publications Research Service (1963).Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Communist Chinese Usage.U.S. Department of Commerce Joint Publications Research Service. p. 737.
- ^Lee, Keekok (2008).Warp and Weft: Chinese Language and Culture.Strategic Book Publishing. p. 252.ISBN978-1-60693-247-6.
- ^Heino Engel (1985).Measure and construction of the Japanese house.Tuttle Publishing. p. 22.ISBN978-0-8048-1492-8.
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