{ "id": "epcqfbtnf2", "slug": "han-qiu", "title": "Han Qiu", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society" }, { "id": "society.history", "label": "History and archaeology", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history" }, { "id": "society.history.asia", "label": "Asian history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia" }, { "id": "society.history.asia.china", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia.china" }, { "id": "society.history.asia.china.s-song", "label": "Southern Song (1127 to 1279)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia.china.s-song" }, { "id": "society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics", "label": "Officials and politics", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics", "label": "China · 1000 to 1799: Officials and politics", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000", "label": "China · 1000 to 1799", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society.history", "label": "History and archaeology", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society.history" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia", "label": "Asian history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china.s-song", "label": "Southern Song (1127 to 1279)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china.s-song" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics", "label": "Officials and politics", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1000.society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Han Qiu (韩球), courtesy name Meicheng, was a Song dynasty fiscal official who served as Director of the Bureau of General Accounts and Superintendent-in-chief of the Mint, dying in 1150.", "snippet": "Han Qiu (韩球), courtesy name Meicheng, was a Song dynasty fiscal official who served as Director of the Bureau of General Accounts and Superintendent-in-chief of the Mint, dying in 1150.", "node": "society.history.asia.china.s-song.officials-and-politics", "markdown": "# Han Qiu\n\nHan Qiu (韩球) was a [Song dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/song-dynasty) (宋) official who served as Director of the Bureau of General Accounts in the Department of State Affairs and as Superintendent-in-chief of the Mint, and who died in 1150.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) According to the China Biographical Database, his courtesy name was Meicheng (美成).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) The China Biographical Database (CBDB) preserves his office sequence and family connections, but no standard history passage names him, and his birth year is not recorded.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Name | Han Qiu (韩球), courtesy name Meicheng (美成)[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n| Dynasty | Song (宋)[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n| Death | 1150; birth year not recorded[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n| Principal fiscal offices | Director of the Bureau of General Accounts; Vice Fiscal Commissioner, Jiangnan West; Superintendent-in-chief of the Mint[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n| Later posts | Administrator of a prefecture and Supervisor of Horse Purchase; Senior Compiler of the Imperial Archives and prefect[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n| Grandfather | Han Wei (韩维)[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n| Sons | Han Yan (韩曮), the eldest; Han Li (韩历), the second[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) |\n\n## Origins and family\n\nThe CBDB row records Han Qiu's grandfather as [Han Wei](https://www.edgepedia.org/han-wei) (韩维), placing him in a family with official standing.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) He married twice: his first wife was a daughter of Qian Duanyi (钱端义), and his second wife, recorded as a member of the Li clan (李氏), was a daughter of [Li Zongren](https://www.edgepedia.org/li-zongren) (李宗任).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) His daughters married into the Meng, Chao, and Li families: several sons-in-law are named, including Meng Chong (孟充), Chao Zijian (晁子健), and Li Xin (李鄩), the last being the husband of his second daughter.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) \n\n## Career\n\nHan Qiu's dated career begins in the central financial administration. He served as Director of the Bureau of General Accounts (度支郎中) in the Revenue Department of the Department of State Affairs, having earlier held the corresponding vice directorship and the junior posts of Court Gentleman for Comprehensive Duty (通直郎), Assistant Director of the Court of Imperial Entertainments (光禄寺丞), and Grand Master for Closing Court (朝散大夫), none of which the record dates.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\nHe was Vice Fiscal Commissioner (转运副使) for Jiangnan West (江南西运副).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) He held the post of Superintendent-in-chief of the Mint (都大提点坑冶铸钱公事), overseeing mining, smelting, and coin casting.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\nHe was appointed Administrator of Prefectural Civil and Military Affairs (知某州军州事) of a prefecture and, in 1147, Administrator of the Dragon Diagram Hall (直龙图阁).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) He also served as Supervisor of Tea Estates and Horse Purchase (提举茶场买马), the office Hartwell identifies as supervision of tea in Chengdu combined with horse purchase in Shaanxi (提举成都茶兼陕西买马).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\nFrom 1149 he held the title Senior Compiler of the Imperial Archives (秘阁修撰) while serving again as a prefectural administrator.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) In 1150 he is recorded as Director of the Superior Prefecture Military Command (知某府军府事).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\n## Death and heirs\n\nThe CBDB row gives Han Qiu's death year as 1150, with no death age recorded.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) According to the China Biographical Database (CBDB), his sons were Han Yan (韩曮), the eldest, and Han Li (韩历), the second.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) The row also lists two grandnephews, Han Yuanji (韩元吉) and Han Yuanlong (韩元龙).[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\n## Assessment and legacy\n\nNo standard history passage and no modern study of Han Qiu is available in the record; the CBDB row, built from prosopographical (collective study of people's lives from records) databases including Hartwell's office data and the LZL master file of prefectural appointments, is the sole source for his life.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) No source in the record attributes a specific policy, court action, or institutional reform to him.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632) His birth year, the identity of the prefectures he administered, and the details of his conduct in office are not settled by the available record.[1](https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632)\n\n## References\n\n1. China Biographical Database (CBDB), person 632, 韩球. https://cbdb.fas.harvard.edu/cbdbapi/person.php?id=0000632\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › History and archaeology › Asian history › China › Southern Song (1127 to 1279) › Officials and politics*\n\n*Initially written Sep 23, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/han-qiu", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/han-qiu.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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