# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ma-zhou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:47:40.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ma-zhou"
name: "Ma Zhou"
slug: "ma-zhou"
description: "Ma Zhou (601–648), courtesy name Binwang, formally the Duke of Gaotang (高唐公), was a Chinese politician who served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Taizong in the Tang dynasty. He was initially a commoner and a guest of the general Chang He, and after Chang submitted suggestions that Ma drafted, Emperor Taizong was impressed and retained Ma as an imperial official, eventually rising to the post of chancellor."
tagline: "Tang Dynasty Chancellor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ma_Zhou.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "601"
deathDate: "648"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.487690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%A3%BC_(601%EB%85%84)"
    title: "마주 (601년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Zhou"
    title: "Ma Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E5%91%A8"
    title: "馬周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%91%A8"
    title: "马周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Zhou"
    title: "Ma Zhou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E5%91%A8"
    title: "馬周"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q986653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump