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The other text mentioned here is the Chou-li which is certainly not written by Wang Mang (_Jung-chai Hsü-pi 16), but heavily mis-used by him (in general see S. Uno p. 94: I am influenced here by some of H. H. Dubs's studies.

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  1. noun A traditional Chinese measure of distance, today standardized at 500 meters (547 yards).
  2. abbreviation link (measurement)

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