Jialiang

Jialiang (Chinese: 嘉量; pinyin: Jiā liàng; Wade–Giles: chia¹-liang⁴; literally: "auspicious measure") is an ancient Chinese measuring device for several volume standards. The term jialiang is mentioned in the Rites of Zhou. The passage describes the construction of one that includes three measures, fu (釜), dou (豆), and sheng (升); furthermore, the instrument weighs one jun (鈞) and its sound is the gong of huangzhong (黃鐘之宮). Known jialiang give standards for the five measures yue (龠), ge (合, equal to two yue), sheng (升, equal to ten he), dou (斗, equal to ten sheng), and hu (斛, equal to ten dou).

Jialiang

Jialiang (Chinese: 嘉量; pinyin: Jiā liàng; Wade–Giles: chia¹-liang⁴; literally: "auspicious measure") is an ancient Chinese measuring device for several volume standards. The term jialiang is mentioned in the Rites of Zhou. The passage describes the construction of one that includes three measures, fu (釜), dou (豆), and sheng (升); furthermore, the instrument weighs one jun (鈞) and its sound is the gong of huangzhong (黃鐘之宮). Known jialiang give standards for the five measures yue (龠), ge (合, equal to two yue), sheng (升, equal to ten he), dou (斗, equal to ten sheng), and hu (斛, equal to ten dou).