Overview
Zhao Zan was a Tang Fiscal Official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 781 建中二年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 184
- AD 780 to AD 783 建中年間Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 209, 213-214
- AD 782 to AD 783 戶部侍郎趙贊判度支Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 21
- AD 780 to AD 783 戶部侍郎趙贊議Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 84
- AD 782 to AD 785 李洧歸命後、貞元初前Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 77
Key source chapters
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 52 Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 3 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 2 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 44 Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 53 Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
Career and standing
- acting Director of Revenue 判度支AppointedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 21
- Acting Expenditure Commissioner 判度支HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 213
- Secretariat Drafter and acting examination supervisor 中書舍人權知貢舉HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 184
- Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 21; New Book of Tang 54, passage 84
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 184; New Book of Tang 54, passages 84, 213
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 77
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passages 30-33
- tax tea, lacquer, bamboo, and timber at one in ten as Ever-Normal Granary capitalProposal · AuthorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 84
Events and relationships
- Carried out merchant loan order replacing Du YouAdministrative · EnforcerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 21
- Cast large white copper coinsFiscal · Minter · At Lianzhou 連州 · Outcome One equal to tenDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 213
- Proposed restoring ever normal granary capital and merchant transit taxesAdministrative · ProposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passages 30, 32-33
- Proposed structure tax and transaction stamp levyAdministrative · ProposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 41
- Proposed ten percent commodity tax for ever normal granariesFiscal · ProposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 84
- Reorganized Bianzhou transport and salt and iron administrationAdministrative · OfficialDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 53, passage 77
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Replaced poetry with prose formsAdministrative · ExaminerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 184
- Relation Advisor of · Person Dezong (德宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 84
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 184; New Book of Tang 54, passage 213
References in the histories
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