摘要
The present paper discusses the relationship of money with measures and weights inthe pre-Qin period in the light of archaeologically-excavated coins and their legends. The main points areas follows: 1. From shell money to metal coins. 2.Units of weight in money (jin 釿, shua 寽, yi 賹, hua 化, zhu 朱, liang 两 and zi ) . 3. Money used by weighting (gold ingot) . The author traces the origination and evolution course of money and believes that metal coins were largely named after units ofweight and represented certain weights of coin material. Later, the weight of coins was lightened, theunits of weight in legends became units of value, but the names were not changed.
The present paper discusses the relationship of money with measures and weights in the pre-Qin period in the light of archaeologically-excavated coins and their legends. The main points are as follows: 1. From shell money to metal coins. 2.Units of weight in money (jin(钅斤), shua(爪寸), yi(贝益), hua 化, zhu朱, liang两 and zi (中一田). 3. Money used by weighting (gold ingot). The author traces the origi- nation and evolution course of money and believes that metal coins were largely named after units of weight and represented certain weights of coin material. Later, the weight of coins was lightened, the units of weight in legends became units of value, but the names were not changed.
出处
《考古》
CSSCI
北大核心
2001年第5期70-79,共10页
Archaeology
