He was the eldest son of Mạc Kính Điển.
The emperor Mạc Mậu Hợp was captured by Trịnh lord in 1592, so he enthroned in Thanh Lâm.
He led sixteen to seventeen thousand men, later, Mạc Toàn abdicated and surrendered to him.
[1] In the next year, Chỉ was captured by two generals of Trịnh lord, Hoàng Đình Ái and Nguyễn Hữu Liêu, and executed in Thang Long.
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