<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> According to the Liji, the legendary Yellow Emperor created the first measurement units . The Xiao Erya and the Kongzi Jiayu state that length units were derived from the human body . According to the Records of the Grand Historian, these human body units caused inconsistency, and Yu the Great, another legendary figure, unified the length measurements . Rulers with decimal units have been unearthed from Shang Dynasty tombs . </P> <P> In the Zhou Dynasty, the king conferred nobles with powers of the state and the measurement units began to be inconsistent from state to state . After the Warring States period, Qin Shi Huang unified China, and later standardized measurement units . In the Han Dynasty, these measurements were still being used, and were documented systematically in the Book of Han . </P>

Who introduced a standardized system of weights and measures in china