In 1458, the quota for the silver mining tax (yinke) in Yunnan was set as 52,380 taels, followed by Zhejiang Province (21,250 taels) and Fujian Province (15,120 taels) .17 Two years later, silver mining tax in Yunnan reached over 100,000 taels, that is, it was almost doubled. 18 Table 6.1 provides a general account of the silver tax in Yunnan in terms of its national significance. ❋ Unknown (2008)
We'll leave our worthy ancestor and our Madame Wang aside; they are old people, but you receive each moon an allowance of ten taels, which is twice as much as what any one of us gets. ❋ Xueqin Cao (N/A)
It was worth 15,000 taels, that is to say, more than 100,000 francs, and in a fit of generosity the Son of Heaven remitted these to ❋ Jules Verne (1866)
[32] The word "taels" is Retana's conjecture; but it is possible that the doubtful word was _joyas_ ( "ornaments"). ❋ Various (1906)
We’ll leave our worthy ancestor and our Madame Wang aside; they are old people, but you receive each moon an allowance of ten taels, which is twice as much as what any one of us gets. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Newchang in 1891 amounted to but 22,000 taels; but in 1897 they had increased to 280,000 taels. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The official price for Japanese copper was 14.5 taels for each 100 jin, plus about 3 taels of transportation cost (from Zhejiang or other Jiangnan ports to Beijing). ❋ Unknown (2008)
Generally speaking, the long-lasting minting operation in Yunnan indeed served as a strong measure of provincial financial balance, as the following table shows that the government obtained over 6.5 million taels of profit through minting operations within eight decades. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In one case, in 1548, 2,160 suo of cowries were used to buy a house valued at 24 taels of silver. 56 Laymen donated cowries to monasteries. 57 Cowries were loaned, too. ❋ Unknown (2008)
He mentioned that in the Kunming area eight taels of silver equaled one tael of gold. 14 In the Gold Teeth area where gold was relatively abundant, five taels of silver were exchanged for one tael of gold. ❋ Unknown (2008)
A memorial stated that Yunnan copper was moved and minted in Huguang, and that the Ministry of Taxation finally decided to open minting furnaces in Yunnan with 20,000 taels of silver from salt tax invested. 65 The result was not encouraging at all. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Some mines were loaned tens of thousands of taels, and could take out loans for ten years. 195 ❋ Unknown (2008)
One major imperial measure was to provide the state loan of 1 million taels for copper mines. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Fang Guoyu estimated that the average scale of horse trade in Guangxi was about 70,000 taels of silver, based on the 1,500 heads a year and an assessment of thirty to seventy taels a head. 179 Fang's calculation only speaks to the trade between the Dali and the Song kingdoms, since it excludes the trade in Sichuan and exchanges of other items. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The official price of Yunnan copper was 9.2 taels for each 100 jin, plus 7 taels per 100 jin for the transportation cost from Yunnan to Beijing. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Quan Hansheng estimates that total silver mining tax from 1390 to 1520 was 11,395, 775 taels. 20 If Yunnan dominated half of the national production (which is a very conservative estimate), that is, 5.7 million taels, and if the silver mining tax in the Ming was around 30 percent, as Quan concludes, then Yunnan in the Ming period would have produced 19,000,000 taels of silver. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The short-term loan was called a monthly loan (yueben) that was distributed at the beginning of one month and collected in the form of copper that was produced in the following month. 194 The long-term loan (diben) varied in terms of period and the quantity of taels. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In 1738, the Qing government decided to take 1 million taels each year for the procurement of copper. 192 From this figure, 163,000 taels were specifically designed for the transportation fees; the rest of the 837,000 taels were loaned to investors and miners. 193 The 873,000 taels of state loan (gongben) were provided to mines on short-term and long-term bases. ❋ Unknown (2008)
However, he admitted that the best southern horses surpassed northern horses, and were worth several dozen taels of gold. 165 In fact, the Song court highly valued Yunnan horses, perceiving them to be as good as those from the north. 166 ❋ Unknown (2008)
Mu Zeng, the native chieftain, offered a tribute of more than 20,000 taels of silver to the Ming military campaign in 1610, and 10,000 tales in 1619 to the Manchu campaign. 23 Considering the vast areas controlled by native chieftains, the case of Mu Zeng by no means was an exception. ❋ Unknown (2008)
[Tael] [is love] personified! ❋ Nowzts (2021)
Tael and [Tatl] got [separated] by [the door]. ❋ Snugglefuss (2017)
