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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Ma Zhi | 馬植 | Mǎ Zhí |
| Courtesy | Cunzhi | 存之 | Cúnzhī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Value: maleExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0001
Roles
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: diedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0018
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 開成初 · Western Year: AD 836Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0002, xintangshu:184:s0005
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: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0010
- Label: Collator / 校書郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0003
- Label: Director of the Imperial Table / 光祿卿 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0011
- Label: Military Governor of Xuanwu / 宣武節度使 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0018
- Label: Palace Companion at the Eastern Capital / 太子賓客分司東都 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0017
- Label: Protector-General of Annan / 安南都護 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0005
- Label: Vice Minister of Justice / 刑部侍郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0013
- Label: Prefect of Changzhou / 常州刺史 · Action: demotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0017
- Label: Military Governor of Tianping / 天平軍節度使 · Action: dismissed-toExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0016
- Label: Grand Academician of the Hall of Assembled Worthies / 集賢殿大學士 · Action: held-concurrentlyExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0019
- Label: Salt-and-Iron Transport Commissioner / 諸道鹽鐵轉運使 · Action: held-concurrentlyExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0013
- Label: Deputy Training Commissioner of Shouzhou / 壽州團練副使 · Action: heldExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0004
- Label: Grand Councillor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: promotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0013
- Label: Prefect of Raozhou / 饒州刺史 · Action: promotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0004
- Label: Vice Director of the Secretariat / 中書侍郎 · Action: promotedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0013
- Label: Military Governor of Zhongwu / 忠武節度使 · Action: recalledExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0018
- Label: Court of Judicial Review official / 大理 · Action: transferredExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0011
- Label: Minister of Revenue / 戶部 · Action: transferredExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0013
- Label: Surveillance Commissioner of Qianzhong / 黔中觀察使 · Action: transferredExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0010
Learning and skills
- Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earnedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0003
- Credential: Decree Examination / 制策科 · Action: selectedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0003
- Skill: administration / 吏事 · Level: expertExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0006
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Xuanzong (宣宗) · Summary: invoked Zhang Yue’s Kaiyuan precedent and requested Feng Jian’s dismissal · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Ma Zhi (馬植)
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Summary: proposed making Wulu County into Luzhou and appointing its chieftain prefect · Provenance: Mode: narrative-attribution · Speaker Person Id: Ma Zhi (馬植)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0008
Events and relationships
- Kind: investigation · Role: subject · Action: private dealings discovered after clerks were arrestedExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0017
- Relation: political-enemy-of · Person Id: Li Deyu (李德裕)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0012, xintangshu:184:s0013
- Relation: recommender-of · Person Id: Yang Shou (楊收)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0071
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Ma Yuanzan (馬元贄)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0015
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: clean, light-handed governance that pacified frontier peoples · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0006, xintangshu:184:s0007
- Assessment: considered his reputation above contemporary leading officials and resented Li Deyu’s suppression · Provenance: Mode: historian-reportExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0012
- Item: imperially bestowed rhinoceros-horn belt / 賜帶 · Relation: received-from · Other Person Id: Ma Yuanzan (馬元贄)Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0015
References in the histories
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