Sui and Tang · Official

Zhang Jiazhen 張嘉貞

Attested AD 722

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Jiazhen was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 722 開元十年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passage 99

Career and standing

Attendant Drafting the Secretariat 中書舍人
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passage 99

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 55, passage 99

Events and relationships

Protested office capital funds; funds abolished
Political · Advisor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passage 99

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 55, passage 99

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 55Volume 55 Treatises 51: Finance and Economics 4 · 1 passage

開元十年，中書舍人張嘉貞又陳其不便，遂罷天下公廨本錢，復稅戶以給百官； In Kaiyuan 10 (722) Zhang Jiazhen, Attendant Drafting the Secretariat, again protested the system; empire-wide office-capital funds were abolished and taxpayers again funded the bureaucracy;