Qin and Han · Merchant

Cheng Zheng 程鄭

Attested BC 220

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cheng Zheng was a Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 220 程鄭，山東遷虜也
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 242

Career and standing

iron smelting and trade with mallet-coiffed peoples 冶鑄
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 242
Entered
Relocated captive
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 242

Places and affiliations

At Linqiong 臨邛 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 242

Assessments and attributes

Assessment wealth rivaled Zhuo family · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 242

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 129Biographies of Money-Makers · 1 passage

程鄭，山東遷虜也，亦冶鑄，賈椎髻之民，富埒卓氏，俱居臨邛。 Cheng Zheng was a relocated captive from east of the mountains who also engaged in iron smelting and traded with the mallet-coiffed peoples. His wealth rivaled that of the Zhuo family, and both resided at Linqiong.