Yuan Tiangang's old sum
Bone Weight
Four small weights, all taken from your birth. Set them on the scale and see what you carry.
Weigh my birth
Yuan Tiangang's old sum
Four small weights, all taken from your birth. Set them on the scale and see what you carry.
Weigh my birthBone weight is an old Chinese folk sum. Your birth year, month, day and hour each have a fixed weight, counted in liang and qian. Add the four and you have one number, somewhere between 2 liang 1 qian and 7 liang 1 qian.
The old verses came from a world that ranked people by office, and they were harsh on light weights. We kept the sum and wrote new verses. Here a light weight travels far, a heavy one holds things up, and each has its own dignity.
Your guide
A Tang dynasty county official from Chengdu, famous in his day for reading faces. The weighing method has carried his name for centuries, though scholars doubt he made it himself. Here he is our story guide.
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