Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Yi Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1318, Entry 01 Pronounced yi (falling tone). Mencius (Mengzi): Although ten thousand yi. Commentary: Yi is twenty liang. Zheng Kangcheng states: Thirty liang. Discourses of the States (Jinyu): Forty yi of gold. Correct Characters Handbook (Zhengzitong): Some say, in the commentary to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Chen Zan notes: In the Qin dynasty, one yi was considered one gold; in the Han dynasty, one jin was considered one gold. Generally, before the Han dynasty, gold was denominated by the yi, and after the Han dynasty, it was denominated by the jin. One yi is twenty-four liang, and one jin is sixteen liang. Also, in the Compilation of Rhymes (Yunhui), it is commonly written as a variant form (yi). History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu): Shihuozhi: Gold is named by the yi. Xunzi: Ruxiao Chapter: A treasure of one thousand yi. Han Feizi: Wudu Chapter: Melting one hundred yi of gold. Book of Rites (Liji): 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.