Abstract:The terms used in Chinese traditional architecture components, frameworks, building tools and construction illustrate their original building characteristics at the beginning of selection. Although there are many changes in terms in the past dynasties, we can still find the constructive nature of the original nomenclature. This paper takes the‘biography of craftsmen’as an example to demonstrate the image that craftsmen hold the guide on the left and the stick on the right. In this paper takes the words "Xun" and "Yin" in as an example to discuss the vocabulary of weights and measures used in the early naming of the components and tools of ancient Chinese architecture. It summarizes the original information of architectural scale, which plays an important role in understanding architectural terms, interpreting early architectural scale and analyzing architectural tools.