Rural areas are divided into border fields and vegetable fields. In ancient times, 50 mu of land was called the border.
Detailed meaning:
1, (pictophonetic characters. From Tian, Gui Sheng. Original meaning: Tianqi. I said 50 acres is a cup)
2. The field is 50 mu. -"Shuo Wen"
Tired of summer. -Mencius. Liu note; "Today's customs, 25 acres is a small bed, 50 acres is a big bed."
[Zi Gong] See the husband as a nursery. -"Zhuangzi"
Between the beds. -Song Shen Guo's "Meng Qian Bi Tan"
3. It is also used as a quantifier for fields.
A thousand beds of ginger and leeks. -Historical Records and Biography of Huo Zhi
One or two vegetable beds. -Mao Dun's "Send an Examination"
4. Test site
Another example: weirs (dikes for storing water in fields); Tian Geng (Tian Geng); Street (field road); Border path (field path); Ridges and furrows (small furrows between ridges).
Kangxi dictionary:
Tang Yun, Ji Yun by Hu Guiche and Yunhui by Hang Guiche. Sound propagation. Shuowen covers an area of 50 mu. Qu Sao, that is, mixed with harmony, is still fat and revealing. Note: 50 mu is the boundary. Zhuangzi Leisure is a borderless town, and it is also a borderless town.
Vegetable fields in Guang Yun. Biography of Historical Records of Huo Zhi is full of ginger and leeks. "Guangxu Notes" says: 1000 beds, 25 acres. Zhao Wei said, "I'm still sorry." The Records of Eating Goods in the Former Han Dynasty is also a kind of mulberry. Vegetables grow in beds, but melons keep fruits. The ancient "Notes" teacher said: Frontier is also.
It is also a place name. "Historical Records" closed meditation, pretending to be a place of worship. An old instrument cloud in Suoyin Notes in Han Dynasty: People are sacrificed first and then in Longxi County. There are natives on the mountain, and there are beds up and down, such as planting leeks. Each bed has two earth seals, so the bed is covered with clouds.