Overview
Kong Jin was a Merchant and Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 112 to BC 110 南越反後至元封元年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 239, 247
- BC 120 to BC 115 孔僅之使天下鑄作器，三年中拜為大農Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 169
- BC 119 於是以東郭咸陽、孔僅為大農丞Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
Career and standing
- major iron smelter 大冶Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
- salt and iron administrator 筦天下鹽鐵Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 247
- Great Farmer Assistant 大農丞Appointed · Jurisdiction salt and iron affairs 鹽鐵事Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
- Great Farmer 大農AppointedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 169
- salt and iron assistant 鹽鐵丞HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 108
- manager of the empire's salt and iron 筦天下鹽鐵HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 247
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- ExitedBC 110 元封元年 · Replaced in officeDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 247
- Nine Ministers 九卿Ranked among the Nine Ministers · HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 169
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 169, 239, 247
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 96
- At Nanyang 南陽Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
Learning and skills
- Skill iron smelting 冶 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · With Dongguo Xianyang (東郭咸陽) · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 108-113
Events and relationships
- boat-tax matter spoken through Kong Jin 言船算事Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 239
- Directed empire wide casting and tool manufactureAdministrative · DirectorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 169
- Proposed salt iron monopolyFiscal · Policy advisorDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 108-113
- Toured empire salt ironBC 119 使孔僅、東郭咸陽乘傳舉行天下鹽鐵 · Administrative · Inspector · Outcome Established offices; appointed wealthy former salt iron men as clerksDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 114
- Bu Shi reported boat-tax matters through Kong Jin 因孔僅言船算事Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 239
- Sang Hongyang completely replaced Jin in managing salt and iron 盡代僅筦天下鹽鐵Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 247
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- Relation Colleague of · Person Sang Hongyang (桑弘羊)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 100
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment spoke on profit affairs analyzing to the finest hair · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 100
- Item fortune of thousands of gold 累千金 · Relation AmassedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 98
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 169, 239
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