我给你们算算，春秋时代的十條乾肉，相当于现在的多少钱，是乾肉，但是是牛肉羊肉还是猪肉，没有刻意说明，但考虑到做肉干的都是牛肉居多，所以这里的乾肉就以牛肉来算吧。

• 豬肉： 纖維鬆散，油脂極高。曬成乾後會溢油、變質，根本存不住，孔子没法带着猪肉做的干肉周遊列國。
• 羊肉： 羶味極重，且肉質細碎。脫水後容易散架，無法形成 一條 的形態，所以从这里推算，孔子收的十條乾肉定是牛肉。

結論：孔子收的十條乾肉定是牛肉。

古代一條 束脩 大約是 500 克到 1 公斤的精製乾肉。 鮮肉的含水量大約在 70% - 75% 左右 要製成能長期保存、堅硬如石的 束脩（精製乾肉），通常需要 4 斤 鮮肉才能出一斤乾肉。 若一條束脩是 1 公斤（2 斤）乾肉，背後其實是 8 斤左右 的鮮肉。 十條乾肉 = 80 斤 鮮肉的生命總量！ 這在生產力低下的春秋時代，簡直是 巨款中的巨款。 自行束脩以上： 束脩（shù xiū）： 指十条干肉。 以上： 指以这束干肉为最低限度，更优厚则更佳。 按照台灣產牛肉（溫體牛）因品質與部位不同，市场售价NT$500至$1,000以上不等，那就证明这个更好的肉的价格是NT$1000以上，但是送给孔子嘛，价格最贵的，估计也不会送，这最低价格的肉嘛，那都是一些碎肉，送给孔子吃，拿不出手吧，那多没诚意啊，所以就取中档的$1,000的市场售价的牛肉， 80 斤總價：1,000 x 80 = 80,000 NTD 匯率換算（以 2026 年 3 月 18 日觀測匯率 $1 GBP约等于 39-41 NTD 估計）： 80,000 NTD/ 39.5= 2,026 GBP。 80斤鲜牛肉的价格是2026GBP左右。

Let me calculate for you: how much are ten strips of dried meat from the Spring and Autumn Period worth today? It was dried meat, but whether it was beef, mutton, or pork wasn't explicitly stated. However, considering most high-quality jerky is beef, we shall calculate it as beef.

• Pork: Loose fibers, extremely high fat. When dried, it leaks oil and spoils—impossible to preserve. Confucius could not have carried pork jerky while traveling through the kingdoms.
• Mutton: Extremely gamey and the meat structure is too fine. It crumbles after dehydration and cannot form a solid "strip." Thus, the ten strips of dried meat must have been beef.

Conclusion: The ten strips of "Shu Xiu" were undoubtedly beef.

In ancient times, one "Shu Xiu" (strip) was approximately 500g to 1kg of refined dried meat. Fresh meat has a water content of about 70% - 75%. To produce shelf-stable, stone-hard "Shu Xiu," it typically takes 4 catties of fresh meat to yield 1 catty of dried meat. If one strip was 1kg (2 catties), it represents about 8 catties of fresh meat. Ten strips = The life force of 80 catties of fresh meat! In the low-productivity Spring and Autumn Period, this was an absolute fortune.

"From Shu Xiu or better": Shu Xiu (束脩): Refers to ten strips of dried meat. "Or Better" (以上): Refers to this being the minimum threshold; more generous offerings are preferred.

Based on Taiwan's fresh beef market, prices range from NT$500 to over $1,000 per catty. For a master like Confucius, one wouldn't send cheap scraps—that lacks sincerity. Thus, we take the mid-to-high market rate of NT$1,000 per catty. Total for 80 catties: 1,000 x 80 = 80,000 NTD.

Currency Conversion (Estimated at the March 18, 2026 exchange rate of £1 GBP ≈ 39.5 NTD): 80,000 NTD / 39.5 = 2,026 GBP. The price of 80 catties of fresh beef is approximately 2,026 GBP.