Qin and Han · Merchant

Master Shi 師史

Shi Shi

Attested BC 100 - BC 30

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Master Shi as a merchant. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Master Shi 師史 Shi Shi
Personal name Master Shi 師史 Shī Shǐ
Personal name Shi Shi 師史 Shī Shǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Merchant

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 師史能致十千萬 · Western Interval: Start: BC 100 · End: BC 30
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0105

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Assessments and attributes

  • Item: fortune of a hundred million / 十千萬 · Relation: possessed
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0105

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 3 passages