1 Book of Jin Volume 33 "Biography of He Zeng" mentioned that the daily meal cost of He Zeng in the Western Jin Dynasty was 1 10,000 yuan, equivalent to 6.5438+10,000 yuan today.
2, a stone is equivalent to today's 100 Jin. So 10000 yuan a stone is now 1000 yuan a catty, which is really scary.
A stone in the Jin Dynasty was between 50 and 60 kilograms. About 100 to 120 kg. Now rice is about 3 yuan a catty.
So it is about 300 RMB to 360 RMB. However, the prices in the Jin Dynasty were not at the same level as they are now. Especially in the late Jin Dynasty. So take a look.
The Three Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period is an important turning point in the history of China's currency development, that is, the period when China copper coins changed from the Thai baht system to the Tang and Song dynasties.
The war at the end of the Han Dynasty lasted until the Three Kingdoms were divided. Economically speaking, the tripartite confrontation between the three countries is also a natural product of social destruction in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The Shu-Han government managed the economy and minted two kinds of straight hundred yuan. The first one was straight hundred and fifty baht, probably when it was attacked. The initial casting was very thick, and then it gradually became thinner. There is a heavy one with words on the back, which was cast by Sichuan Qianwei. This is the earliest square hole currency in the Middle Ages. The second kind of coin is straight hundred, the largest one weighs four baht, and then it gets smaller and smaller until each coin is less than half a baht. In addition, there are two kinds of five baht money. A Qian Wen is similar to Zhi 150 baht, with an outline and samples. Another kind of Qian Wen, similar to Zhi 150 baht, has no sides and is slightly thinner.
The price of these two direct 150 baht ranges from tens to hundreds of RMB.
Three currencies
The different economic bases and social forms of Wei, Shu and Wu led to different currency circulation conditions. In 220 AD, Cao Pi replaced the Han Dynasty and established the Cao Wei regime. At the beginning of Cao Wei, money was once wasted, and all transactions were made with grain and silk. It was not until Wei Mingdi that the "five baht" was recast. Compared with Wei, our coins are very complicated, mostly large bills. There are "straight hundred", "straight hundred and five baht" and "five baht" in Shu. Janice just raised the price. There are "five hundred springs", "one thousand springs" and "two thousand springs".
At present, a big spring costs 1,000 yuan, and the price of 2,000 yuan ranges from 1,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan.
Cao Wei is located in the Central Plains, with a large population and rich resources. After a series of measures such as reclaiming farmland and building water conservancy projects, the social economy has been restored and developed.
The commodity economy is relatively developed, so the monetary system is relatively stable. Cao Cao founded the State of Wei. At first, he used grain and silk as money, and used five baht. It was abolished after only seven months, and then it resumed the circulation of five baht, which was similar to that of the Han Dynasty. Money is slightly less than that of the Han Dynasty. The remarkable feature is that foreign countries are pressing five baht and pressing baht. On this basis, in the first year of Taihe (AD 227), five baht money was recast, and the shape was like that of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But Cao Wei's five baht is hard to identify. The current price of this kind of Taihe five baht generally ranges from tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan.
Sun Wu, located in the south of the Yangtze River, is rich in products and outstanding. However, Sun Quan practiced several varieties of Daquandang, Daquan2,000 and Daquan5,000. In the end, the government and people were in trouble, the fiscal deficit was extremely high, the national foundation was unstable, and finally they went to extinction. In 222 AD, the newly-born Sun was named Wu. Jiandu Jianye (now Nanjing). Sun Wu's economic foundation is also very fragile, and he implemented the inflation policy and minted large denomination coins. "The money is too expensive, but it is only nominal." In 280 AD, it was destroyed by gold. Under Sun Quan's rule, Wu first used Wang Mang's big spring, and then minted coins by himself. Jiahe cast five hundred big springs in five years. In the first year of Chiwu, the big springs were cast as thousands, then as two thousand, and the banknotes of five thousand were red copper. Daquan500 and Daquan500 are different in size at present. At first, they were thicker, and then they gradually became thinner.