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The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)

Bin Yang

 

Table 6.1 Silver Taxation in Yunnan during the Ming Period

Quan Hansheng, "Mingqing Shidai Yunnan de Yinke yu Yinchan'e" (Silver taxation and silver output in Yunnan during the Ming-Qing period), Xinya Xuebao vol. 11 (1976), 65-66.

Table 6.1 Silver Taxation in Yunnan during the Ming Period
Year Yunnan Silver Tax (taels) Percent of National Silver Tax
1458 52,380 51.4
1459 52,300 (+) 51
1460 102,380 55.9
1462 102,380 -
1467 52,300 (+) 75.5
1473 26,100 (+) 50
1482 102,380 -
1483 102,300 (+) -
1484 72,380 80.5
1488 52,380 64.4
1504 31,900 (+) 100
1580 50-60,000 -