Qing · Merchant

Rong Ahua 容阿華

Attested AD 1822 - AD 1830

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Rong Ahua was a Merchant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1822 to AD 1830 道光
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 173, 176

Career and standing

licensed foreign merchant 洋商
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 173

Events and relationships

Fled after extravagance
Legal · Fleeing person
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 176

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 366Volume 366 Biographies 153: Sun Yuting, Jiang Youxian, Li Hongbin · 2 passages

英領事顛地知洋行獲利厚，欲以洋廝容阿華充商，諸商不允，乃賄鴻賓得之。 The English consul Dent knew how profitable the foreign trade was and wished to install the foreign clerk Rong Ahua as a licensed merchant. When the other merchants refused, he bribed Li Hongbin and secured the appointment.

容阿華尋以淫侈耗貲逃，勿獲，官帑無著，不能責諸商代償，乃以抽分法為彌補，眾商藉以漁利，夷情不服，日益多事。 Rong Ahua soon fled after dissolute extravagance exhausted his wealth and could not be captured. With official funds unrecoverable and the other merchants unable to make up the loss, a profit-sharing scheme was adopted as compensation. The merchants used it to enrich themselves, foreign merchants were dissatisfied, and troubles multiplied.