Overview
Dongguo Xianyang was a Merchant and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 119 於是以東郭咸陽、孔僅為大農丞Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
Career and standing
- major salt boiler 大煮鹽Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
- Great Farmer Assistant 大農丞Appointed · Jurisdiction salt and iron affairs 鹽鐵事Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
- salt and iron assistant 鹽鐵丞HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 108
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
- At Qi 齊Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
Learning and skills
- Skill salt production 煮鹽 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · With Kong Jin (孔僅) · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 108-113
Events and relationships
- Proposed salt iron monopolyFiscal · Policy advisorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 108-113
- Toured empire salt ironBC 119 使孔僅、東郭咸陽乘傳舉行天下鹽鐵 · Administrative · Inspector · Outcome Established offices; appointed wealthy former salt iron men as clerksDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 114
- Relation Colleague of · Person Kong Jin (孔僅)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 96, 100
- Relation Colleague of · Person Sang Hongyang (桑弘羊)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 100
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment spoke on profit affairs analyzing to the finest hair · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 100
- Item fortune of thousands of gold 累千金 · Relation AmassedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
References in the histories
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