Ma Lin (馬璘) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ma Lin was a Military Governor.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Martial	武

Life and dates

Death

AD 776 大曆十一年
At in camp 軍
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 80

Age

20
c. AD 741 年二十; before the late Kaiyuan-era service that follows · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 54
56
AD 776 大曆十一年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 80

Attested activity

AD 770 大曆五年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
AD 762 to AD 779 代宗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 150, passages 66, 68
AD 774 大曆九年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 79
AD 773 大曆八年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passages 76-77
AD 776 大曆十一年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 80
AD 741 年二十讀馬援傳
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 138, passage 54

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AD 759 to AD 762 從李光弼攻洛陽
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 59
AD 764 懷恩之叛
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 64
AD 765 永泰初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 68
AD 763 to AD 777 涇原節度馬璘
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 86
AD 756 至德初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 56
AD 735 to AD 741 開元末
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 138, passage 55

Family

Descendant of Ma Yuan (馬援)
ancestor 祖 · paternal line
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 54

Kinship Role parents · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 53
Kinship Role sons and younger brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 93

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Career and standing

Jing–Yuan military commissioner 涇原節度使
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed concurrent
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 67
Acting Left Vice Director managing court affairs 檢校左僕射知省事
AD 774 大曆九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 79
envoy for Tibetan relations on the Southern Circuit 南道和蕃使
AD 765 永泰初 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 68
Military Commissioner of the Four Garrisons campaigning army 四鎮行營節度
AD 765 永泰初 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 68
Acting Grand Master of Ceremonies 試太常卿
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 62

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Acting Minister of Works 檢校工部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 69
Military Commissioner of the Beiting campaigning army and Binning 北庭行營、邠甯節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 69
Jing–Yuan military commissioner 涇原節度使
AD 770 大曆五年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
Four Garrisons and Beiting retained; Zheng and Ying added 四鎮、北庭如舊，復以鄭、潁二州隸之
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 75
Jingyuan Military Commissioner 涇原節度使
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 150, passage 68
Jingyuan military governor 涇原節度
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 86
General of the Golden Guard 金吾衛將軍
AD 735 to AD 741 開元末 · Promoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 55
Acting Right Vice Director of the Imperial Secretariat 檢校尚書右僕射
Promoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 78
transferred to Jingyuan as acting deputy military commissioner of Fengxiang and Longyou 徙涇原，權知鳳翔、隴右節度副使
Transferred
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 75
Minister over the Masses 司徒
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 81
imperial reception and commendation 引見尉勞
Received
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 67
Prince of Fufeng 撫風郡王
AD 774 大曆九年 · Advanced
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 79
Became
Orphaned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 53

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 86; New Book of Tang 138, passages 55-57
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
At Fufeng in Qizhou 岐州扶風
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 52
AD 770 大曆五年
At Ying Prefecture 潁州 · Relation Remotely administered
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
AD 770 大曆五年
At Zheng Prefecture 鄭州 · Relation Remotely administered
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
AD 768 to AD 776 在涇八年
At Jingyuan 涇 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 84

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At Fufeng 扶風 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 52

Learning and skills

little scholarly learning 少學術
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 82
Skill martial talent 武幹 · Level without peer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 82

Works and attributed material

Complaint · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
旱由政不修。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 72
赦之，則人將伺其日為盜。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 70
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 54

Events and relationships

Ambushed at Panyuan with Hun Jian routed Tibetans
AD 773 大曆八年 · Military · Commander · With Hun Zhen (渾瑊) · At Panyuan 潘原
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 77
Broke siege pursued Tibetans
AD 764 懷恩之叛 · Military · Commander · At Fengxiang 鳳翔
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 65-66
Charged rebel camp three times and routed
Military · Commander · With Shi Chaoyi (史朝義) · At Mount Beimang 北邙山
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 60
Complained that the land was poor and army granaries inadequate
Petition · Petitioner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
Entrusted with eastern campaign
Military · Commander · With Suzong (肅宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 57
Executed soldier thief on New Year
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 70-71

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Family registered pavilions with government
Legal · Family
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 91
Fortified Jingyuan eight years
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 84
Fought through to Fengxiang during rebellion
AD 764 懷恩之叛 · Military · Commander · At Fengxiang 鳳翔 · With Pugu Huai'en (仆固懷恩)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 64
Funeral return drew false mourners
Funerary · Deceased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 88
Granted remote jurisdiction over Zheng and Ying prefectures
Administrative · Office holder
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146
Joined Anxi military commission
AD 735 to AD 741 開元末 · Career · Officer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 55
Led three thousand elite to Fengxiang
AD 756 至德初 · Military · Commander · At Fengxiang 鳳翔
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 56
Ordered earth dragons and prayers removed
Administrative · Authority
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 72-73
Ordered to shift army to aid Hexi
Military · Commander · At Hexi 河西
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 63
Rain followed abundant harvest
Administrative · Authority
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 74
Routed five thousand with hundred horsemen
Military · Commander · At Weinan 衛南
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 58
Served under Li Guangbi at Luoyang
Military · Officer · With Li Guangbi (李光弼) · At Luoyang 洛陽
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 59
Sought chancellorship
AD 774 大曆九年 · Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 79
Relation Subordinate of · Person Suzong (肅宗)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 138, passage 57
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Guangbi (李光弼)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 59
Relation Beneficiary of cession by · Person Li Baoyu (李抱玉)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 85
Relation Ally of · Person Hun Zhen (渾瑊)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 77
Relation Commander of · Person Feng Heqing (馮河清)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 86

Assessments and attributes

Assessment bold and swift beyond any seen in thirty years striking few against many · Mode named-source-report Speaker Li Guangbi (李光弼)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 61
Assessment rose through loyalty and force in crisis; sharp general of the restoration · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 83-84
Assessment sons and younger brothers without conduct; fortune soon exhausted · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 93
AD 779 德宗即位
Item central sleeping hall 中寢 · Relation Ordered destroyed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 90
Item extravagant capital mansion; sleeping hall 200000 strings 治第京師寢堂 · Relation Built
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passages 86-87
Item hill and ponds later used for imperial banquets 山池 · Relation Former estate
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 92

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Item household wealth beyond reckoning 家富不貲 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 138, passage 85

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 64, passage 146

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 1 passage

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隸涇原節度馬璘，頻以偏師禦吐蕃，甚有殺獲之功。 he then served under Jingyuan military governor Ma Lin, frequently repelling Tibet with detached forces and achieving great merit in killing and capturing the enemy.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 1 passage

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少應募，起於卒伍，隸涇原節度馬璘。 In his youth he enlisted as a soldier, rose from the ranks, and served under Ma Lin, military governor of Jingyuan.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 64Volume 64 Tables 4: Military Commanderies 1 · 1 passage

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770 五年涇原節度使馬璘訴地貧軍廩不給，遙領鄭、潁二州。 In 770, the fifth year of Dali, the Jing–Yuan military commissioner Ma Lin complained that the land was poor and army granaries inadequate, and was given remote jurisdiction over Zheng and Ying prefectures.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 138Volume 138 Biographies 63: · 17 passages

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馬璘，岐州扶風人。 Ma Lin came from Fufeng in Qizhou.

璘率部士五百，薄賊屯，出入三反，眾披靡，乘之，賊遂潰。 Lin led five hundred of his men in a close assault on the rebel camp, charging in and out three times until the enemy line broke; pressing the advantage, he put the rebels to rout.

光弼曰：「吾用兵三十年，未見以少擊眾，雄捷如馬將軍者！」 Guangbi said, "In thirty years of command I have never seen anyone strike so boldly and swiftly against such odds as General Ma!"

明年，吐蕃寇邊，詔璘移軍援河西。 The following year, when Tibetans raided the frontier, Lin was ordered to shift his army to aid Hexi.

懷恩之叛，璘引還，間關轉鬥至鳳翔，虜圍已合，節度使孫志直嬰城守。 When Pugu Huai'en rebelled, Lin turned back and fought his way through to Fengxiang, where the Tibetans had already closed the siege and Military Commissioner Sun Zhizhi was holding the city.