Pao T'ing Po

He was a member of a salt merchant family, his father and grandfathers were engaged in that business. He was also a well-known bibliophile, and the curator of his ancestor's original collection, kept in his own personal library, the well-known Chih-pu-tsu chai housed in his Hangchow home. He was one of the „seven intimate library owners“, and one of the metropolitan Hang-chou five, all of whom had originally came from Hui-chou and made their fortunes in the salt trade, i.e. the Wu, the three different Wangs and the Pao.