Ancient China · Proverbially wealthy merchant

Tao Zhu 陶朱

Táo Zhū

Attested c. BC 470

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tao Zhu 陶朱 Táo Zhū

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Merchant

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 先秦時期 · Western Year: c. BC 470
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:048:s0187

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: used as an exemplar of exceptional wealth · Provenance: Mode: quoted-source-judgment · Source Person Id: Jia Yi (賈誼)
    Explicit · shiji:048:s0187

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 48House of Chen She · 1 passage