An interesting story about ancient height.

Interesting story about height in ancient times Now examiners of various employers are recruiting according to their own standards, and job fairs are in full swing all over the country. Look at the column of recruitment requirements, which has become a hard indicator in some industries besides academic qualifications and work experience. Shorter people secretly scold him, because the height problem is already angry with him when they fall in love. Is it necessary to have a waterloo at work because of his current height, so that people can't live?

Let's keep it down. The ancients will laugh when they hear this. Because you are only slightly hindered in work and love because of the height problem, and whether the ancient people are adults, the severity of crime and sentencing, and the amount of wages are all determined by height.

Qin dynasty: judging adulthood and conviction according to height

When Qin was only a vassal state, its laws stipulated that citizens 15 years old should undertake military service and pay various taxes. But this law has basically become a dead letter, and the Qin Dynasty actually judged whether it was an adult according to its height. Because ancient people didn't have birth certificates and other materials to prove their specific ages, coupled with years of war, social unrest and frequent population movements in various countries, Qin vigorously recruited soldiers and enriched its national strength, which made it more difficult to determine the actual age of its citizens. Then height becomes an objective and easy-to-judge standard.

The Qin Dynasty took six feet as the boundary between adults and minors, which is consistent with Zhou Li's "seven feet are twenty years old and six feet are fifteen years old". During the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, one foot was about 23. 1 cm, and now it is about 6 feet 1.39 meters.

If someone commits a crime, he will be convicted. Height is the basis. According to Answers in Qin bamboo slips, (1) A was guilty of stealing cattle. He was six feet tall when he stole the cow. After being detained for one year (when convicted and sentenced), he was measured again, six feet seven inches. How should he be punished? Sentence to guard the border. (2) A is young and less than six feet tall. He has a horse grazing alone. Horses are scared to run around and eat other people's crops. Should it be punished? Judge a is not subject to legal investigation, and he is compensated. (3) Party A instigated Party B to steal and kill, and got ten yuan of stolen money. Party B is less than six feet tall (Party B is underage), and Party A is sentenced to be hanged. In this way, in order to escape punishment, it is estimated that some people will try their best to stop themselves from growing taller and hate themselves for growing too fast.

Song Dynasty: Song Renzong paid salaries according to his height.

In the Song Dynasty, whether it was the forbidden soldiers, the soldiers in the Xiang Dynasty or the soldiers stationed in the Southern Song Dynasty, the way of recruiting soldiers was generally adopted. The main physical standard of conscription is height, that is, height is one of the hard indexes of conscription in Song Dynasty. From Song Taizu to Song Zhezong, soldiers are basically selected according to their height. When Song Taizu recruited imperial soldiers, only those who were over five feet eight inches tall could be selected as the first-class imperial soldiers. The standard for regular troops is five feet five inches. According to the weights and measures system of the Song Dynasty, one foot equals ten inches, and one inch is a little more than three centimeters. In other words, 1.7 meters can join the regular army of the Song Dynasty. When Song Zhenzong recruited Xiang, he also stipulated that the minimum height should not be less than five feet two inches.

In the Song Dynasty, military salaries were paid to all levels of forbidden soldiers, boxers and garrisons. The salary level of the army is extremely complicated, including differences between officers and soldiers, as well as differences between officers and soldiers. Due to the differences in monetary system and prices, there are regional differences and even height differences. It is said that Song Renzong pays soldiers according to their height. They are more than five feet eight inches tall and earn a monthly salary of 1,000. More than five feet seven inches, with a monthly salary of 700; More than five feet six inches, with a monthly salary of 500.

Tall people had an advantage in the army of the Song Dynasty. It is said that a man named Dai Xing, who is more than seven feet tall, was chosen by Song Taizong as the left upright of Imperial Horse, that is, he stood on the left side of Imperial Horse as a ceremonial. But it took a lot of effort to find a royal horse that matched Dai Xing's height. It is true that there are not so many people who are more than two meters tall, so there are so many people who are worried about the height problem.