《史记·货殖列传》中记载着先秦时期的一些以经营致富的人物。他们有的煮盐,有的冶铁,有的搞畜牧业,有的开发矿产,还有的是经商,都成了一时巨富。例如:以煮盐起家的猗顿,以冶铁创业的郭纵,都能“与王者埒富”;以畜牧业发财的乌氏倮,“畜至用谷量马牛”,多得无法计数;以 The Records of the Historian and the Reproduction of Peasants records some of the characters who were wealthy during the pre-Qin period. Some of them boil salt, some iron smelt, some engage in animal husbandry, and some develop mineral resources, and some are doing business, they have become momentarily wealthy. For example: the beginning of cooking salt Gordon, to start the iron rule Guo vertical, can be “rich with the king”; rich in animal husbandry Urusei, “livestock to use the amount of horse horse,” too much to count ;