Wangsun Daqing (王孫大卿)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wangsun Daqing as a merchant and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wangsun Daqing	王孫大卿	Wangsun Daqing
Personal name	Wangsun Daqing	王孫大卿	Wángsūn Dàqīng
Personal name	Wangsun Qing	王孫卿	Wángsūn Qīng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:103:s0122

Roles

Merchant
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 王莽以為京司市師 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
Explicit · hanshu:103:s0124
Source Date: Text: 自元、成訖王莽 · Western Interval: Start: BC 48 · End: AD 23
Explicit · hanshu:103:s0122

Career and standing

Label: patron of knights / 以財養士
Explicit · hanshu:103:s0124
Label: Capital Market Master / Director of the Eastern Market / 京司市師 · Action: appointed
Explicit · hanshu:103:s0124

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 2 passages

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前富者既衰，自元、成訖王莽，京師富人杜陵樊嘉，茂陵摯網，平陵如氏、苴氏，長安丹王君房，豉樊少翁、王孫大卿，為天下高訾。 Once the old houses faded, from Yuandi through Chengdi into Wang Mang's coup, Chang'an's wealthiest were Fan Jia of Duling, Zhi Gang of Maoling, the Ru and Ju families of Pingling, the cinnabar magnate Wang Junfang, the pickle king Fan Shaoweng, and Wangsun Daqing—each counted among the empire's heaviest purses.

王孫卿以財養士，與雄桀交，王莽以為京司市師，漢司東市令也。 Wangsun Qing bankrolled swordsmen and courted bold spirits until Wang Mang named him Capital Market Master, the old Han post of Director of the Eastern Market.