Overview
Kong of Wan was a Merchant.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 225 秦伐魏，遷孔氏南陽Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passages 243-244
Origins and identity
- ancestors from Liang, iron smeltersDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 243
Career and standing
- iron smelting and trade among feudal lords 大鼓鑄…通商賈之利Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 245
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment Nanyang merchants emulated Kong dignity · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 246
- Item fortune of several thousand in gold 數千金 · Relation PossessedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 246
References in the histories
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