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Wu Bingjian (Chinese: 伍秉鑑; 1769 – 4 September 1843), trading as "Houqua" and better known in the West as "Howqua" or "Howqua II", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once the richest man in the world.
Apr 29, 2022 · Although he would eventually be known to foreign traders as Howqua (or Houqua), the world’s one time richest man was born Wu Bingjian in 1769, the third of four surviving sons. He would in fact...
May 4, 2024 · Wu Bingjian, better known in the west as ‘Houqua’, or sometimes ‘Howqua’, was the most successful Chinese merchant of his day. As leader of the Cohong (gonghang), the guild of Chinese traders that had been authorized in the late 18th century by the Qing court to oversee trade with Western merchants at Canton (Guangzhou), he was at once ...
May 20, 2021 · Howqua Wu Bingjian, had risen to become the most senior of the hong merchants in Canton, one of a select few permitted to trade in silk and porcelain with foreigners. The word hong (行) refers to both a type of building and a Chinese merchant intermediary within the Canton system of trade.
Wu Bingjian (1769 - 4 September 1843), trading as "Houqua and better known in the West as "Howqua", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once the richest man in the world.
Wu Bingjian (Chinese: 伍秉鑑; 1769–4 September 1843), also known as Houqua and Howqua, was a Chinese merchant. He was a member of the Thirteen Factories and worked as a hong . Howqua was the leader of the Canton Cohong , as well as the leader of the Ewo hong .
The letter is an interesting and rare letter from the most famous Chinese merchant in the early nineteenth century, Houqua (Wu Bingjian). At his death in 1843, Houqua was considered to have...
