Record of Trades
A part of the Winter Offices, the "Record of Trades" (考工記, Kaogong Ji) contains important information on technology, architecture, city planning, and other topics. A passage records that "The master craftsman constructs the state capital. He makes a square nine li on one side; each side has three gates. Within the capital are nine north-south and nine east-west streets. The north-south streets are nine carriage tracks in width".
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