Tongliao

Discovered in Shanghai was a "Shang Yang Fang Sheng,"³¹ a standard measure for grain during the period of the reform led by the Chin Prime Minister Shang Yang, dated the 18th year of Prince Hsiao’s³² reign (344 B.C.). It was inscribed on one of its sides. When Chin Shih Huang unified the country, this measure was adopted as the standard throughout the land, and the imperial edict on the matter, issued in the 26th year of his reign, was engraved on its base. In 1973-74 in Shanpaoyingtzu, Naiman Banner, Cherim League,³³ Kirin Province, excavations on an ancient city site revealed a pottery measure engraved with the same imperial edict.

[1978, "Wenwu" (Cultural Relics) Magazine Reporter, “New Archaeological Finds: A Preliminary Summary of Important Discoveries”, in New Archaeological Finds in China (II): More Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution, 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 7–8, 21

Ximude, the director of the Jerim League Museum in Tongliao, a city in Inner Mongolia, was perplexed by the American visitor's strange interests.

2004 November 2, Julie Salamon, “The Long-Distance Treasure Hunt”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2017, Art & Design