Qin and Han · Merchant

Du Shuo 杜硕

Attested AD 78

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Overview

The translated histories identify Du Shuo as a merchant and named individual. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Du Shuo 杜硕 Du Shuo
Personal Shuo Shuo
Descriptive kinship Son of Du Du 子硕

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Merchant
  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: after Du Du generation · Western Year: AD 78
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:089:s0140

Family

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  • Child of Du Du (杜笃)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: daring knight-errant celebrated for trade · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage