春秋战国时期,各诸侯国纷纷在自己管辖区建立起度量衡制度,系统的单位制开始形成;同时,各诸侯国之间军事上的对立,造成度量衡的混乱,成为这一时期的特点。 战国后期,随着商品生产和交换的日益兴盛,超越诸侯国界的贸易不断扩大,客观上要求有统一的度量衡。迫于经济发展的需要,各诸侯国的度量衡又逐步接近起来。度量衡从混乱到趋向统一,是这一时期的另一特点。 During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vassal states all set up the system of weights and measures in their respective jurisdictions, and the systematic unit system began to form. Meanwhile, the military opposition between the vassal states resulted in the chaos of weights and measures, which became the characteristics of this period. In the late Warring States period, as the production and exchange of merchandise grew more prosperous, trade beyond the borders of vassal nations continued to expand, and objectively required a unified measure. Due to the need of economic development, the weights and measures of the vassal states gradually approached each other. Another characteristic of this period was the fact that the weights and measures shifted from chaos to unification.