Qin and Han · Merchant

Wuyan 無鹽氏

Wuyan Shi

Attested BC 154

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wuyan was a Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 154 吳楚七國兵起時
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passages 265-266

Career and standing

moneylender 子錢
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 266

Events and relationships

Lent thousand gold at tenfold interest during revolt
Economic · Lender
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passages 266-267

Assessments and attributes

Item tenfold returns; wealth rivaling Guanzhong 息什倍…富埒關中 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 129, passage 267

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 129Biographies of Money-Makers · 2 passages

唯無鹽氏出捐千金貸，其息什之。 Only the Wuyan family came forward, lending a thousand in gold at tenfold interest.

三月，吳楚平，一歲之中，則無鹽氏之息什倍，用此富埒關中。 Within three months Wu and Chu were pacified. Within a single year, the Wuyan family's returns had multiplied tenfold, and their wealth came to rival any family within the passes.