Sui and Tang · Official

Zhang Pingshu 張平叔

Attested AD 820 - AD 824

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Pingshu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 820 to AD 824 戶部侍郎張平叔議榷鹽法弊
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 55-56

Career and standing

Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 56

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 56

Works and attributed material

monopoly salt law defective; state salt sales could enrich the country
Proposal · Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 56

Events and relationships

Proposed state salt sales
Political · Proposer · Outcome Yielded after rebuttal
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 56-57
Relation Opposed by · Person Han Yu (韓愈)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 57
Relation Opposed by · Person Wei Chuhou (韋處厚)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 57

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 · 2 passages

戶部侍郎張平叔議榷鹽法弊，請糶鹽可以富國，詔公卿議其可否。 Vice Minister Zhang Pingshu argued that monopoly salt policy was broken and that state salt sales could enrich the country. The emperor ordered senior ministers to debate the proposal.

中書舍人韋處厚、兵部侍郎韓愈條詰之，以為不可，平叔屈服。 Secretariat Drafter Wei Chuhou and Vice Minister Han Yu rebutted the plan point by point as unworkable, and Pingshu backed down.