Overview
Ru was a Merchant.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
BC 33 to BC 1 數年間致千餘萬
BC 48 to AD 23 自元、成訖王莽
Events and relationships
- Relation Colleague of · Person Ju (苴)
References in the histories
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Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 2 passages
石氏訾次如、苴，親信，厚資遣之，令往來巴、蜀，數年間致千餘萬。
The Shis sent two trusted stewards, Ru and Ju, into Ba and Shu with a heavy stake, and inside a few years the pair had turned it into more than ten million cash.
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.