1) One tael equals approximately 1.20337 troy ounces.

2) China paid staggering twenty one million tael of silver as war reparation when the British defeated China in the First Opium War.

3) China subsequently compensated another 4 million tael of silver to the British, 2 million tael of silver to the French and two hundred million tael of silver to the Japanese in the Second Opium War.

4) One tael heavy sincerities are equal to one ton heavy cleverness.

5) Beiyang Fleet's fees was overrun 2600, 0000 tael at the same stage.

6) The stakes continued to rise, some betting two, some three taels , so Trinket put on two and won two; with the next throw he lost one tael.

7) It also analyzes the reason and effect of the addition to the currency system of the tael metric rate.