Lü Buwei: The Merchant Who Bought a King In the article on [Bu coins (the price of a person in ancient China)], we saw that in antiquity a human being could carry a price tag. One man pushed that idea to its absolute limit. Grain, pearls, talent — and finally a single prince — he cornered them all as qihuo — literally “rare huo,” rare value worth hoarding. His name was Lü Buwei: the central figure of the drama The…
