Qin and Han · Merchant

Fan Jia 樊嘉

Attested BC 48 - AD 23

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fan Jia was a Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 48 to AD 23 自元、成訖王莽
Directly stated · Book of Han 103, passage 122

Places and affiliations

At Duling 杜陵
Directly stated · Book of Han 103, passage 122

Assessments and attributes

Item fifty million cash 五千萬 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · Book of Han 103, passage 123

References in the histories

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

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.

樊嘉五千萬，其餘皆巨萬矣。 Fan Jia alone was worth fifty million cash; every other name on the list still cleared eight figures.