Wu-Chih Lo

Wu-Chih Lo was one of the merchants active in the Ch'in and Chao areas on the northern and northwestern frontiers of China under the Ch'in dynasty. As these areas bordered the lands of the Ch'iang, Jung, Ti, and Hsiung-nu, the Chinese merchants had constant and extensive dealings with the frontier barbarians.

He was active in the trade with the king of the Jung barbarians that enabled to him to make a great fortune.

Wu-Chih Lo is reported to have been made rich by his silk trade with a barbarian chief. Each time when he sold his cattle, he bought fine silk fabrics and other precious articles and presented them to the king of the Jung barbarians. The latter always repaid him ten times the original price and, in addition, returned the favor by giving him cattle and horses. In this way, as the story runs, he was able to accumulate so many animals that their number was beyond counting.