Qin and Han · Official and Administrator

Hongyang 弘羊

Attested BC 120 - BC 80

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hongyang was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 120 to BC 80 弘羊均輸
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 390

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passages 390, 392

Events and relationships

Instituted balanced transport
Economic · Author
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 390
Relation Official of · Person Emperor Wu (孝武)
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 27, passages 390, 392

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Han 27, passage 390

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 1 passage

故管氏之輕重，李悝之平糴，弘羊均輸，壽昌常平，亦有從徠。 Therefore Guanzi's light-and-heavy policy, Li Kui's balanced grain purchases, Hongyang's balanced transport, and Shouchang's ever-normal granaries all had precedent.