Qin and Han · Merchant and Herdsman

Qiao Yao 橋姚

Attested BC 120

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qiao Yao was a Merchant and Herdsman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 120 塞之斥也
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 264

Career and standing

frontier stock-raiser 致馬千匹…
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 264

Assessments and attributes

Item 1000 horses, 2000 cattle, 10000 sheep, grain in myriads of zhong 馬千匹，牛倍之，羊萬頭，粟以萬鐘計 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 264

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 129Biographies of Money-Makers · 1 passage

塞之斥也，唯橋姚已致馬千匹，牛倍之，羊萬頭，粟以萬鐘計。 When the frontier was opened, Qiao Yao alone amassed a thousand horses, twice as many cattle, ten thousand sheep, and grain measured in the tens of thousands of zhong.