Sui and Tang · Statesman and Official

Ma Zhi 馬植

Mǎ Zhí

Attested AD 836

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Ma Zhi was a statesman and Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Cunzhi 存之 Cúnzhī

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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.