Author(s)

Oliver Yantao Lu

Corresponding Author

Oliver Yantao Lu

Abstract

The whole issue of land measurement has been a major problem when studying the Qing Dynasty's economy. In the past, researchers tried to get a general idea about land measurements, but their methods had a lot of flaws and didn't provide solid answers. To tackle this problem, this paper decided to go back to the basics and take a closer look at each county. By using some techniques, we've pretty much solved how land was measured and converted in these counties. The techniques we used include comparing info, looking at how things were connected, analyzing the history logically, and making intelligent guesses. This paper dives deep into the specifics of Zhaoyuan County, part of Dengzhou Prefecture, to find out how to solve these tricky questions about land measurement.

Keywords

Zhaoyuan County, Land Measurement, Mu System, Zhe-Mu