麩金

麩金

1. panned gold (as opposed to gold nuggets); gold dust

   • 有得片塊，大者重一斤，或至二斤，小者三兩五兩，價貴於麩金數倍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有得片块，大者重一斤，或至二斤，小者三两五两，价贵于麸金数倍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 8

     Yǒu dé piàn kuài, dà zhě zhòng yī jīn, huò zhì èr jīn, xiǎo zhě sān liǎng wǔ liǎng, jià guì yú fūjīn shù bèi. [Pinyin]

     Sometimes nuggets are found — the larger ones weighing one catty, or up to two catties; the smaller ones weighing three to five taels. Their value is many times that of panned gold.