Qin and Han · Bandit

Jifa 稽發

Attested BC 100 - AD 20

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jifa was a Bandit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 100 to AD 20 曲叔、稽發、雍樂成之徒
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 103, passage 130

Events and relationships

Became rich by crime
Criminal · Tomb robber or gambler
Directly stated · Book of Han 103, passage 130

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 1 passage

又況掘塚搏掩，犯奸成富，曲叔、稽發、雍樂成之徒，猶夏齒列，傷化敗俗，大亂之道也。 Far worse were tomb-robbers and street-corner sharpers—Qushu, Jifa, Yong Lecheng—who built fortunes on crime yet still bought a place in polite company; they poisoned public morals and pointed straight toward anarchy.