Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 鎰 Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1318, Entry 19 Pronounced yì. Mencius (Mengzi): Although there are ten thousand yi. Commentary: One yi is twenty taels. Zheng Kangcheng states: Thirty taels. Discourses of the States (Jin Yu): Forty yi of gold. Correction of Characters (Zhengzitong): Some say regarding the commentary on Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Chen Zan says, during the Qin dynasty, one yi was considered one jin, while during the Han dynasty, one jin was considered one jin. It is likely that before the Han dynasty, gold was measured in yi, and after the Han dynasty, it was measured in jin. One yi equals twenty-four taels, and one jin equals sixteen taels. Also, in Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is used interchangeably with yi. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Food and Money (Shihuozhi): Gold is measured in yi. Xunzi, Chapter on the Efficacy of Confucians (Ruxiao Pian): A treasure of one thousand yi. Han Feizi, Chapter on the Five Vermin (Wudu Pian): Melting one hundred yi of gold. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Mourning (Sangji): One yi of rice in the morning, one yi of rice in the evening. Commentary: Master Fang says: Yi is the same as yi. It is one twenty-fourth of a sheng of rice.