度用来计量长短,量用来计量容积,衡用来计量轻重,这三种量具的总称为度量衡。度量衡大约产生于商业从生产中分化出来的时期,它的发展变化同社会经济制度和人民生活密切相关。透过我国古代度量衡的发展趋势,可以看出统治阶级对劳动人民的剥削日益加重,而且手段也比较隐蔽。 The degree is used to measure the length, the volume is used to measure the volume, and the balance is used to measure the weight. The three scales are collectively called measures. Weights and measures are generated in the period when the business differentiates from production. Its development and changes are closely related to the social economic system and people’s lives. Through the development trend of ancient Chinese weights and measures, we can see that the exploitation of the working people by the ruling class has been increasingly aggravated, and the means are also hidden.