Sui and Tang · Merchant

Bi Ling 畢淩

Attested AD 760 - AD 810

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bi Ling was a Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 760 to AD 810 栩生淩
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Bi Xu (畢栩)
begot 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3
Parent of Bi Yun (畢勻)
begot 生 · paternal line
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3

Origins and identity

Lineage Bi clan 畢
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3

Career and standing

salt merchant 鹽估
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3
Entered
Loss of office
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 3

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 1 passage

構弟栩，生淩，淩生勻，世失官，為鹽估。 Gou's younger brother Xu had a son Ling, and Ling had a son Yun. For generations the line had fallen from office, and they made their living as salt merchants.