Han Siong Kong

Han Siong Kong
Born1673
Tianbao, Zhangzhou, Fujian, Qing dynasty
Died1743
Rajegwesi (now Bojonegoro), Java, VOC in East Indies
Years activeEarly 18th century
Known forFounder of the Han family of Lasem
ChildrenNgabehi Soero Pernollo
Han Bwee Kong, Kapitein der Chinezen
FamilyAdipati Soero Adinegoro (grandson)

Raden Soero Adiwikromo (grandson)
Han Chan Piet, Majoor der Chinezen (grandson)

Han Kik Ko, Majoor der Chinezen (grandson)

Han Siong Kong (1673–1743) is best known as the founder of the Han family of Lasem, one of the oldest dynasties of the Cabang Atas or the Chinese gentry (baba bangsawan) of colonial Indonesia.[1][2][3] As government bureaucrats, landlords and politicians, his descendants played an important role in the colonial history of Indonesia.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lombard-Salmon, Claudine (1991). "The Han Family of East Java. Entrepreneurship and Politics (18th–19th Centuries)". Archipel. 41 (1): 53–87. doi:10.3406/arch.1991.2711. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. ^ Setyautama, Sam (2008). Tokoh-tokoh etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. pp. 78–79. ISBN 9789799101259. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ^ Dobbin, Christine (2013). Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities: Conjoint Communities in the Making of the World Economy, 1570–1940. Routledge. ISBN 9781136786938.