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command the Jiyin [?] official Dao [X], the equivalent of one wagon; if [they use] hu-
Jianyin official Ni, and the Jianling official man carriers, add up twenty as the equiva-
Qi to cast these metal passports for the lent of one wagon, and subtract these
merchants from Ejun Qi s treasury. Add up [wagon equivalents] from the total of fifty
three boats to make one large boat; fifty wagons.
large boats a year will [make the journey] They will depart from the E market-
one by one and return. office, stop at Tangqiu, stop at Fangcheng,
They will depart from the E market- stop at Xianghe, stop at Fufen, stop at
office, traverse the lake [?], go up the Han Fanyang, stop at Gaoqiu, stop at Xiacai, stop
River, stop at Yan, stop at Xunyang, go down at Juchao, stop at Ying.
the Han River, stop at [X], traverse the Xia When they show their metal tallies, they
River, enter the Yun River; traverse the Jiang will be exempt from excise, [though] they
[i.e., the Yangzi River], stop at Pengyi, stop will not be lodged or be given food. When
at Songyang, enter the Lujiang River, stop at they do not show their metal tallies, they
Yuanling; go up the Jiang, enter the Xiang will be assessed excise.
River, stop at Die, stop at Taoyang, enter the
1 Excavated in 1957; published: Yin and Luo 1958; Guo
Lei River, stop at Chen, and enter the Zi, Moruo 1958; Zhongguo 1961, pi. 53.1; Shang 1963,16, 50;
Ruan, Li, and You Rivers; ascend the Jiang, Zhongguo Lishi 1984, no. 68; Li Xueqin 1985,167-168; Li
stop at Muguan, stop at Ying. Xueqin 1986, 5: no. 139; Ma 1986, pi. 73.
2 Cf. Chen 1995, 306-312; Chen Wei 1989.
When they show their metal tallies, they 3 Since the seventh century BCE, the title jun indicated
will be exempt from excise, [though] they royally appointed governors or satraps governing territo-
ries newly annexed to the Chu state. Whether their
will not be lodged or be given food. When
position was hereditary is unknown.
they do not show their metal tallies, they 4 These translations are based on Yin and Luo 1958; Guo
will be assessed excise. If they transport Moruo 1958; Tan 1962; Yu 1963; Shang 1963; Funakoshi
1972; Huang 1982: 263-288; Liu Hehui 1982; Li Ling 1983,
horses, oxen, and sheep in and out of the
368 - 372; Chen Wei 1986; Liu 1987; Liu 1989:176 -182; Xie
gates, then they will be assessed excise at 1991; Zhu and Li 1995, Liu 1995, 343-347; Li Ling 19963.
the Great Treasury but not at the gates. An X indicates a character of unknown transcription.

Wagon Tally Inscription

In the year when the Great Minister of War
Shao Yang had defeated the army of Jin at
Xiangling, in the Xiayi month, dayyi hai,
when the king dwelled in the pleasure
palace at Jieying, the Great Intendant of
Public Works Shui took a royal order to
command the Jiyin [?] official Dao [X], the
Jianyin official Ni, and the Jianling official
Qi to cast these metal passports for the
merchants from Ejun Qi s treasury. Fifty
wagons a year will [make the journey] one
by one and return.
Do not transport metal, leather, or bam-
boo for making arrow shafts. If [they use]
horses, buffaloes, or oxen, add up ten as the

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