Sui and Tang · Official

Ma Zhou 馬周

Mǎ Zhōu

Attested AD 630 - AD 648

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ma Zhou was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 630 to AD 648 AD 630-648
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 219

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 1 passage

昭諫曰：「昔唐初劉洎、馬周起徒步，太宗擢用為相，其後朱樸、柳璨在下僚，昭宗亦以大用，然則太宗用之於前而國興，昭宗用於後而國亡，士之難知也如此。 Zhao warned: "In early Tang, Liu Ji and Ma Zhou rose from obscurity and Taizong made them chancellors—the state prospered. Later Zhu Pu and Liu Can were promoted by Zhaozong—and the state fell. Talent is hard to judge.