Sui and Tang · Statesman and Official

Ma Zhi 馬植

Mǎ Zhí

Attested AD 836

Passages
12
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Ma Zhi as an official and statesman. This record brings together 12 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Ma Zhi 馬植 Mǎ Zhí
Courtesy Cunzhi 存之 Cúnzhī

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

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Family

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  • Child of Ma Xun (馬勛)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Acting Left Cavalier Attendant-in-Ordinary / 檢校左散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Collator / 校書郎 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Director of the Imperial Table / 光祿卿 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Military Governor of Xuanwu / 宣武節度使 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Palace Companion at the Eastern Capital / 太子賓客分司東都 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Protector-General of Annan / 安南都護 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Vice Minister of Justice / 刑部侍郎 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Prefect of Changzhou / 常州刺史 · Action: demoted
  • Label: Military Governor of Tianping / 天平軍節度使 · Action: dismissed-to
  • Label: Grand Academician of the Hall of Assembled Worthies / 集賢殿大學士 · Action: held-concurrently
  • Label: Salt-and-Iron Transport Commissioner / 諸道鹽鐵轉運使 · Action: held-concurrently
  • Label: Deputy Training Commissioner of Shouzhou / 壽州團練副使 · Action: held
  • Label: Grand Councillor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: promoted
  • Label: Prefect of Raozhou / 饒州刺史 · Action: promoted
  • Label: Vice Director of the Secretariat / 中書侍郎 · Action: promoted
  • Label: Military Governor of Zhongwu / 忠武節度使 · Action: recalled
  • Label: Court of Judicial Review official / 大理 · Action: transferred
  • Label: Minister of Revenue / 戶部 · Action: transferred
  • Label: Surveillance Commissioner of Qianzhong / 黔中觀察使 · Action: transferred

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References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 12 passages
宣宗嗣位,白敏中當國,凡德裕所不善,悉不次用之,故植以刑部侍郎領諸道鹽鐵轉運使,遷戶部,俄同中書門下平章事,進中書侍郎。 After Emperor Xuanzong took the throne, Bai Minzhong directed the state; everyone Li Deyu had disliked was promoted out of turn, so Zhi served as Vice Minister of Justice while heading the salt-and-iron transport commissioners of all circuits, moved to the Ministry of Revenue, and soon became Grand Councillor, rising to Vice Director of the Secretariat.