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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/contextualizing-the-numbers-gr
 ain-prices-in-yuan-dynasty-china-1250-1350/
SUMMARY:Contextualizing Numbers: A Study of Grain Prices in Yuan Dynasty Ch
 ina
DESCRIPTION:Seating is limited. Masks are required for all in-person audien
 ce members.\n\nCo-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n
 \nEconomic history requires the use of numbers and units. Nevertheless\, n
 umbers and units themselves as recorded in Chinese historical sources coul
 d be problematic\, due to misprints and copyists’ errors\, variations in
  weights and measures\, different institutional settings\, as well as othe
 rs. A universal solution in theory is very likely to be improbable if not 
 impossible. This talk\, studying grain prices in the Yuan dynasty China\, 
 roughly from 1260 to 1350\, intends to approach these challenges in a prag
 matic and practical way. By contextualizing price numbers in multiple dime
 nsions\, I hope that the degree of consistency among numbers could be at l
 east partially clarified\, and that relatively more acceptable data series
  could be built. This talk will first give a brief introduction to the pri
 mary sources\, then devote length to discussions on three key common issue
 s: (1) institutional settings of original numbers\, (2) official and local
  units of capacity\, and (3) types and varieties of grain. After that\, an
  overall presentation of price data will be given with some supplementary 
 remarks. In conclusion\, I will briefly outline some implications of the n
 ewly developed data series for further studies.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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