Qin and Han · Merchant and Landowner

Qiao Tao 橋桃

Attested BC 140 - BC 100

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qiao Tao was a Merchant and Landowner.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 140 to BC 100 塞之斥也，唯橋桃以致馬千匹
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 103, passage 115

Events and relationships

Supplied livestock and grain on frontier
Commercial · Supplier
Directly stated · Book of Han 103, passage 115

References in the histories

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

塞之斥也，唯橋桃以致馬千匹，牛倍之，羊萬，粟以萬鐘計。 When the northern marches were opened to settlers, only Qiao Tao mobilized a thousand horses, twice as many oxen, ten thousand sheep, and grain counted in myriad zhong.