No. 876 · dated by century
Zhao Tingxian
late 16th - early 17th centuryMerchantAsia · c. 1550Most named place: China (approximate)
He was a wealthy notable, probably a merchant, from Xiuning County in Huizhou city, China. In 1641 he won local renown for his contributions to famine relief. His dates of birth and death are uncertain but he lived to age of eighty-six. He was a great-grandfather to Zhao Shiji (1628-1706) who used passage from his diary to describe the boycott of coin during the reign of Emperor Tianqi (1620-1627).