陶朱公就是范蠡。范蠡辅佐越王勾践灭吴后,认为越王为人可与同患,难与处安,所以在越军回师路经五湖(今江苏太湖)时,辞别越王,乘舟浮海而去。开始到齐国,改名为鸱夷子皮,耕于海滨,致产数千万。后来又到陶(今山东定陶),自称陶朱公。他认为陶是天下交通要道,各国商人往来的必经之地,天下商品交易中 Tao Zhugong is Fan Yan. After Fan Xiaozuo assisted Yuewang Goujian to extinguish Wu, he believed that the Yuewang was the same as the one who had the same trouble, but it was difficult to deal with it. Therefore, when the Vietnamese army passed the Wushi Lake (now Taihu Lake), he said goodbye to the king and sailed away. Began to Qi State, changed its name to Pi Yipi and cultivated on the seashore, resulting in tens of millions of production. Later he went to Tao (now Dingtao, Shandong) and claimed himself as Tao Zhugong. He believes that Tao is the main traffic artery in the world, and the necessary place for merchants from all countries is the world’s commodity trade.