Yuan · Named Individual

Hou Kun 侯坤

Attested AD 1328 - AD 1332

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hou Kun was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1328 天歷初
Directly stated · History of Yuan 36, passage 58
AD 1332 至順三年二月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 36, passage 58

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 36, passage 58

Events and relationships

Requested salt boiling
Economic · Petitioner
Directly stated · History of Yuan 36, passage 58

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 36Volume 36 Annals 36: Wenzong 5 · 1 passage

邛州有二井，宋舊名曰金鳳、茅池，天歷初，九月地震，鹽水湧溢，州民侯坤願作什器煮鹽而輸課於官，詔四川轉運鹽司主之。 Qiongzhou had 2 wells — Song-era names Jinfeng and Maoci — at the start of Tianli, in the 9th month an earthquake caused salt water to surge; the prefectural subject Hou Kun wished to make utensils to boil salt and pay tax to the government; ordered Sichuan Salt Transport Office to oversee it.