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Kou Jian
Northern Song prefect of Yizhou who addressed the credit crisis of early merchant notes and advocated official state paper currency.
Mural guide
Mural of the event “World's First Paper Currency”, which this person took part in.
In early Song Sichuan, heavy iron cash impeded commercial expansion; local merchants created private paper vouchers ('Jiaozi'), but merchant insolvencies led to financial instability.
Also known as Zi Cigong · Prefect Kou Jian
- Roles
- Finance Ministers
Kou Jian (966 CE–1031 CE) was an efficient Northern Song administrative reformer. As Prefect of Yizhou (Chengdu), he suppressed fraudulent private promissory note practices and paved the way for official state-backed Jiaozi currency.
Life and times
Dates 966 CE–1031 CE
EraFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsSong
- 1023World's First Paper CurrencyTook partage 57