Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Merchant

Zhong Changming 鍾長命

Attested AD 550 - AD 577

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhong Changming was a Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 577 行過漁陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 219-221

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wife of Zhong Changming (長命妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 221

Kinship Role household members young and old · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 221

Career and standing

great wealthy merchant 大富人
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 219

Places and affiliations

At Yuyang 漁陽 · Relation Resided in
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 219-220
Organization Zhong clan 鍾氏 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 221

Events and relationships

Household extorted until the Zhong family was beggared
Personal · Victim
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 221
Relation Sworn brother of · Person Prince Shaoxin of Yuyang (紹信)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 221

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 11Volume 11 Biographies 3: Six Princes of Wenxiang · 3 passages

行過漁陽，與大富人鍾長命同祷坐。 On the road through Yuyang he sat at prayer with the wealthy merchant Zhong Changming.

太守鄭道蓋謁，長命欲起，紹信不聽，曰：「此何物小人，而主人公為起。」 When Prefect Zheng Daogai came to pay his respects, Changming started to rise; Shaoxin stopped him and said, "What sort of wretch is this, that the host should stand for him?"

乃與長命結為義兄弟，妃與長命妻為姊妹，責其闔家幼長皆有贈賄，鍾氏因此遂貧。 He then swore brotherhood with Changming; his consort and Changming's wife became sworn sisters. He extorted gifts from every member of the household, young and old, until the Zhong family was beggared.